diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 48bb769..3dd9af6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 		<junit.version>5.7.2</junit.version>
 		<spring.version>5.2.14.RELEASE</spring.version>
-		<jersey.version>2.34</jersey.version>
+		<jersey.version>2.35</jersey.version>
 		<cxf.version>3.3.2</cxf.version>
 	</properties>
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/inteligr8/rs/Client.java b/src/main/java/com/inteligr8/rs/Client.java
index 03d93d9..a607652 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/inteligr8/rs/Client.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/inteligr8/rs/Client.java
@@ -15,13 +15,21 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.jaxrs.json.JacksonJsonProvider;
  */
 public abstract class Client {
 	
+	private final Object sync = new Object();
+	private javax.ws.rs.client.Client client;
+	
 	protected abstract ClientConfiguration getConfig();
 	
 	/**
 	 * @return A pre-configured JAX-RS client (no URL) with configured authorization.
 	 */
 	public final javax.ws.rs.client.Client getClient() {
-		return this.getClient(null);
+		synchronized (this.sync) {
+			if (this.client == null)
+				this.client = this.buildClient(null);
+		}
+
+		return this.client;
 	}
 	
 	/**
@@ -29,6 +37,18 @@ public abstract class Client {
 	 * @return A pre-configured JAX-RS client (no URL) with the specified authorization.
 	 */
 	public javax.ws.rs.client.Client getClient(AuthorizationFilter authFilter) {
+		if (authFilter == null) {
+			return this.getClient();
+		} else {
+			return this.buildClient(authFilter);
+		}
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * @param authFilter A dynamic authorization filter.
+	 * @return A pre-configured JAX-RS client (no URL) with the specified authorization.
+	 */
+	public javax.ws.rs.client.Client buildClient(AuthorizationFilter authFilter) {
 		JacksonJsonProvider provider = new JacksonJaxbJsonProvider();
 
 		if (this.getConfig().isWrapRootValueEnabled())
@@ -37,7 +57,8 @@ public abstract class Client {
 			provider.enable(DeserializationFeature.UNWRAP_ROOT_VALUE);
 		
 		ClientBuilder clientBuilder = ClientBuilder.newBuilder()
-				.register(provider);
+				.register(provider)
+				.register(new LoggingFilter());
 
 		if (authFilter == null)
 			authFilter = this.getConfig().createAuthorizationFilter();
@@ -51,7 +72,8 @@ public abstract class Client {
 	 * @return A pre-configured JAX-RS target (client w/ base URL) with configured authorization.
 	 */
 	public final WebTarget getTarget() {
-		return this.getTarget(null);
+		return this.getClient()
+				.target(this.getConfig().getBaseUrl());
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -59,8 +81,12 @@ public abstract class Client {
 	 * @return A pre-configured JAX-RS target (client w/ base URL) with the specified authorization.
 	 */
 	public WebTarget getTarget(AuthorizationFilter authFilter) {
-		return this.getClient(authFilter)
-				.target(this.getConfig().getBaseUrl());
+		if (authFilter == null) {
+			return this.getTarget();
+		} else {
+			return this.getClient(authFilter)
+					.target(this.getConfig().getBaseUrl());
+		}
 	}
 	
 	/**
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/inteligr8/rs/LoggingFilter.java b/src/main/java/com/inteligr8/rs/LoggingFilter.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a0cf2f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/inteligr8/rs/LoggingFilter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+package com.inteligr8.rs;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.client.ClientRequestContext;
+import javax.ws.rs.client.ClientRequestFilter;
+import javax.ws.rs.client.ClientResponseContext;
+import javax.ws.rs.client.ClientResponseFilter;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.Form;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+
+public class LoggingFilter implements ClientRequestFilter, ClientResponseFilter {
+	
+	private final Logger loggerRequest = LoggerFactory.getLogger("jaxrs.request");
+	private final Logger loggerResponse = LoggerFactory.getLogger("jaxrs.response");
+	
+	private final ObjectMapper om = new ObjectMapper();
+	
+	@Override
+	public void filter(ClientRequestContext requestContext) throws IOException {
+		if (this.loggerRequest.isTraceEnabled()) {
+			if (MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_TYPE.equals(requestContext.getMediaType())) {
+				this.loggerRequest.trace("request: {} {}: {}", requestContext.getMethod(), requestContext.getUri(),
+						this.om.writeValueAsString(requestContext.getEntity()));
+			} else if (MediaType.APPLICATION_FORM_URLENCODED_TYPE.equals(requestContext.getMediaType())) {
+				if (requestContext.getEntity() instanceof Form) {
+					this.loggerRequest.trace("request: {} {}: {}", requestContext.getMethod(), requestContext.getUri(),
+							((Form)requestContext.getEntity()).asMap());
+				} else {
+					this.loggerRequest.trace("request: {} {}: failed to output form", requestContext.getMethod(), requestContext.getUri());
+				}
+			} else if (requestContext.getMediaType() != null) {
+				this.loggerRequest.trace("request '{}': {} {}", requestContext.getMediaType(), requestContext.getMethod(), requestContext.getUri());
+			} else {
+				this.loggerRequest.trace("request: {} {}", requestContext.getMethod(), requestContext.getUri());
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public void filter(ClientRequestContext requestContext, ClientResponseContext responseContext) throws IOException {
+		if (this.loggerResponse.isTraceEnabled()) {
+			this.loggerResponse.trace("response: {} ", this.om.writeValueAsString(responseContext.getStatus()));
+			// WARN body is stream, which would need to be replaced after read
+			this.loggerResponse.warn("response: NOT YET SUPPORTED");
+		}
+	}
+
+}