diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 7a18037..0000000
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-'''
-    tests.conftest
-    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-    :copyright: (c) 2014 Markus Unterwaditzer
-    :license: MIT, see LICENSE for more details.
-'''
-
-import pytest
-
-@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
-def requests_mock(monkeypatch):
-    '''It is easier than setting up the logging module!'''
-    import requests.sessions
-    old_func = requests.sessions.Session.request
-    def mock_request(self, method, url, data=None, headers=None, **kw):
-        print(method)
-        print(url)
-        print(data)
-        print(headers)
-        r = old_func(self, method, url, data=data, headers=headers, **kw)
-        print(r.status_code)
-        print(r.text)
-        return r
-    monkeypatch.setattr('requests.sessions.Session.request', mock_request)
diff --git a/tests/storage/test_http.py b/tests/storage/test_http.py
index 3737a00..814a366 100644
--- a/tests/storage/test_http.py
+++ b/tests/storage/test_http.py
@@ -44,14 +44,16 @@ class TestHttpStorage(object):
             '\n'.join([b'BEGIN:VCALENDAR'] + items + [b'END:VCALENDAR'])
         ] * 2
 
-        def get(*a, **kw):
+        def get(method, url, *a, **kw):
+            assert method == 'GET'
+            assert url == collection_url
             r = Response()
             r.status_code = 200
             assert responses
             r._content = responses.pop()
             return r
 
-        monkeypatch.setattr('requests.get', get)
+        monkeypatch.setattr('requests.request', get)
 
         s = HttpStorage(url=collection_url)
 
diff --git a/vdirsyncer/storage/dav.py b/vdirsyncer/storage/dav.py
index 9367044..1378684 100644
--- a/vdirsyncer/storage/dav.py
+++ b/vdirsyncer/storage/dav.py
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@
 
 from .base import Item
 from .http import HttpStorageBase
-import vdirsyncer.exceptions as exceptions
-import vdirsyncer.log as log
+from .. import exceptions
+from .. import log
+from ..utils import request
 import requests
 import datetime
 import urlparse
@@ -93,8 +94,8 @@ class DavStorage(HttpStorageBase):
         if self._session is None:
             self._session = requests.session()
         url = self.parsed_url.scheme + '://' + self.parsed_url.netloc + path
-        return self._session.request(method, url, data=data, headers=headers,
-                                     **self._settings)
+        return request(method, url, data=data, headers=headers,
+                       session=self._session, **self._settings)
 
     @staticmethod
     def _check_response(response):
diff --git a/vdirsyncer/storage/http.py b/vdirsyncer/storage/http.py
index af30a3e..bc6e86f 100644
--- a/vdirsyncer/storage/http.py
+++ b/vdirsyncer/storage/http.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import requests
 import urlparse
 import hashlib
 from .base import Storage, Item
-from vdirsyncer.utils import expand_path, get_password
+from vdirsyncer.utils import expand_path, get_password, request
 
 
 def split_collection(text):
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ class HttpStorage(HttpStorageBase):
         self._items = {}
 
     def list(self):
-        r = requests.get(self.url, **self._settings)
+        r = request('GET', self.url, **self._settings)
         r.raise_for_status()
         self._items.clear()
         for i, item in enumerate(split_collection(r.text)):
diff --git a/vdirsyncer/utils.py b/vdirsyncer/utils.py
index 67cdfd1..4aafd4a 100644
--- a/vdirsyncer/utils.py
+++ b/vdirsyncer/utils.py
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ except ImportError:
     keyring = None
 
 
+import requests
+
+
 password_key_prefix = 'vdirsyncer:'
 
 
@@ -151,3 +154,25 @@ def get_password(username, resource):
                                  username, password)
 
     return password
+
+
+def request(method, url, data=None, headers=None, auth=None, verify=None,
+            session=None):
+    '''wrapper method for requests, to ease logging and mocking'''
+
+    logger = vdirsyncer.log.get('utils')
+
+    if session is None:
+        func = requests.request
+    else:
+        func = session.request
+
+    logger.debug(u'{} {}'.format(method, url))
+    logger.debug(headers)
+    logger.debug(data)
+    logger.debug('Sending request...')
+    r = func(method, url, data=data, headers=headers, auth=auth, verify=verify)
+    logger.debug(r.status_code)
+    logger.debug(r.headers)
+    logger.debug(r.content)
+    return r