diff --git a/ConfigurationExamples/appsettings.example.json b/ConfigurationExamples/appsettings.example.json
index aaad45e2..d799a011 100644
--- a/ConfigurationExamples/appsettings.example.json
+++ b/ConfigurationExamples/appsettings.example.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
         "Manufacturer": "Hikvision",
         "OpenAlprCameraId": 0,
         "Password": "ip_camera_password",
-        "UpdateOverlayTextUrl": "http://ip_camera_ip/url_to_update_overlays",
+        "UpdateOverlayTextUrl": "http://ip_camera_ip/ISAPI/System/Video/inputs/channels/1/overlays",
         "Username": "ip_camera_username"
       },
       {
@@ -20,9 +20,10 @@
         "Manufacturer": "Hikvision",
         "OpenAlprCameraId": 0,
         "Password": "ip_camera_password",
-        "UpdateOverlayTextUrl": "http://ip_camera_ip/url_to_update_overlays",
+        "UpdateOverlayTextUrl": "http://ip_camera_ip/ISAPI/System/Video/inputs/channels/1/overlays",
         "Username": "ip_camera_username"
       }
     ]
-  }
+  },
+  "WebRequestLoggingEnabled": false
 }
diff --git a/OpenAlprWebhookProcessor/Middleware/RequestResponseLoggingMiddleware.cs b/OpenAlprWebhookProcessor/Middleware/RequestResponseLoggingMiddleware.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7ea4ea5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/OpenAlprWebhookProcessor/Middleware/RequestResponseLoggingMiddleware.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace OpenAlprWebhookProcessor.Middleware
+{
+    public class RequestResponseLoggingMiddleware
+    {
+        private readonly ILogger _logger;
+
+        private readonly RequestDelegate _next;
+
+        public RequestResponseLoggingMiddleware(
+            ILogger<RequestResponseLoggingMiddleware> logger,
+            RequestDelegate next)
+        {
+            _logger = logger;
+            _next = next;
+        }
+
+        public async Task Invoke(HttpContext context)
+        {
+            var request = await FormatRequest(context.Request);
+
+            _logger.LogInformation("request received: {0}", request);
+
+            var originalBodyStream = context.Response.Body;
+
+            using (var responseBody = new MemoryStream())
+            {
+                context.Response.Body = responseBody;
+
+                await _next(context);
+
+                var response = await FormatResponse(context.Response);
+
+                await responseBody.CopyToAsync(originalBodyStream);
+            }
+        }
+
+        private async Task<string> FormatRequest(HttpRequest request)
+        {
+            var body = request.Body;
+
+            request.EnableBuffering();
+
+            var buffer = new byte[Convert.ToInt32(request.ContentLength)];
+
+            await request.Body.ReadAsync(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);
+
+            var bodyAsText = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(buffer);
+
+            request.Body = body;
+
+            return $"{request.Scheme} {request.Host}{request.Path} {request.QueryString} {bodyAsText}";
+        }
+
+        private async Task<string> FormatResponse(HttpResponse response)
+        {
+            response.Body.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
+
+            string text = await new StreamReader(response.Body).ReadToEndAsync();
+
+            response.Body.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
+
+            return $"{response.StatusCode}: {text}";
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/OpenAlprWebhookProcessor/Startup.cs b/OpenAlprWebhookProcessor/Startup.cs
index d941811f..4953a50f 100644
--- a/OpenAlprWebhookProcessor/Startup.cs
+++ b/OpenAlprWebhookProcessor/Startup.cs
@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 using OpenAlprWebhookProcessor.Cameras.Configuration;
+using OpenAlprWebhookProcessor.Middleware;
 using OpenAlprWebhookProcessor.WebhookProcessor;
 using Serilog;
+using System;
 
 namespace OpenAlprWebhookProcessor
 {
@@ -26,6 +28,11 @@ public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
             var cameraConfiguration = new CameraConfiguration();
             Configuration.GetSection("Cameras").Bind(cameraConfiguration);
 
+            if (cameraConfiguration.Cameras == null || cameraConfiguration.Cameras.Count == 0)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentException("no cameras found in appsettings, check your configuration");
+            }
+
             services.AddLogging(config =>
             {
                 config.AddDebug();
@@ -49,6 +56,11 @@ public void Configure(
                 app.UseDeveloperExceptionPage();
             }
 
+            if (Configuration.GetValue("WebRequestLoggingEnabled", false))
+            {
+                app.UseMiddleware<RequestResponseLoggingMiddleware>();
+            }
+
             app.UseHttpsRedirection();
 
             app.UseSerilogRequestLogging();
diff --git a/OpenAlprWebhookProcessor/WebhookProcessor/WebhookHandler.cs b/OpenAlprWebhookProcessor/WebhookProcessor/WebhookHandler.cs
index c8f34a2a..f7d2b5c7 100644
--- a/OpenAlprWebhookProcessor/WebhookProcessor/WebhookHandler.cs
+++ b/OpenAlprWebhookProcessor/WebhookProcessor/WebhookHandler.cs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ public void Handle(OpenAlprWebhook webhook)
                 ProcessedPlateConfidence = Math.Round(webhook.BestPlate.Confidence, 2),
             };
 
-            if (webhook.Vehicle.MakeModel.Count > 0)
+            if (webhook.Vehicle.MakeModel != null && webhook.Vehicle.MakeModel.Count > 0)
             {
                 updateRequest.VehicleDescription = $"{webhook.Vehicle.Year[0].Name} {FormatVehicleDescription(webhook.Vehicle.MakeModel[0].Name)}";
             } 
diff --git a/OpenAlprWebhookProcessor/appsettings.json b/OpenAlprWebhookProcessor/appsettings.json
index ab63b1a7..7a6c4868 100644
--- a/OpenAlprWebhookProcessor/appsettings.json
+++ b/OpenAlprWebhookProcessor/appsettings.json
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
   "AllowedHosts": "*",
   "Cameras": {
     "Cameras": []
-  }
+  },
+  "WebRequestLoggingEnabled": false
 }