diff --git a/cmd/shared.go b/cmd/shared.go
index 46c862e1..14b8fa20 100644
--- a/cmd/shared.go
+++ b/cmd/shared.go
@@ -173,6 +173,21 @@ func (app *SharedFlags) Start(ctx context.Context) error {
 			app.Immich.SetDeviceUUID(app.DeviceUUID)
 		}
 
+		if app.APITrace {
+			if app.APITraceWriter == nil {
+				err := configuration.MakeDirForFile(app.LogFile)
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+				app.APITraceWriterName = strings.TrimSuffix(app.LogFile, filepath.Ext(app.LogFile)) + ".trace.log"
+				app.APITraceWriter, err = os.OpenFile(app.APITraceWriterName, os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY, 0o664)
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+				app.Immich.EnableAppTrace(app.APITraceWriter)
+			}
+		}
+
 		err = app.Immich.PingServer(ctx)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -186,20 +201,6 @@ func (app *SharedFlags) Start(ctx context.Context) error {
 		app.Log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Connected, user: %s", user.Email))
 	}
 
-	if app.APITrace {
-		if app.APITraceWriter == nil {
-			err := configuration.MakeDirForFile(app.LogFile)
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-			app.APITraceWriterName = strings.TrimSuffix(app.LogFile, filepath.Ext(app.LogFile)) + ".trace.log"
-			app.APITraceWriter, err = os.OpenFile(app.APITraceWriterName, os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY, 0o664)
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-			app.Immich.EnableAppTrace(app.APITraceWriter)
-		}
-	}
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/helpers/fshelper/teereadercloser.go b/helpers/fshelper/teereadercloser.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7a275e3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helpers/fshelper/teereadercloser.go
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package fshelper
+
+import "io"
+
+type teeReadCloser struct {
+	r io.ReadCloser
+	w io.Writer
+}
+
+func (t *teeReadCloser) Read(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
+	n, err = t.r.Read(p)
+	if n > 0 {
+		if n, err := t.w.Write(p[:n]); err != nil {
+			return n, err
+		}
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+func (t *teeReadCloser) Close() error {
+	return t.r.Close()
+}
+
+func TeeReadCloser(r io.ReadCloser, w io.Writer) io.ReadCloser {
+	return &teeReadCloser{r: r, w: w}
+}
diff --git a/immich/call.go b/immich/call.go
index 92b0bbd7..ac0ce6b2 100644
--- a/immich/call.go
+++ b/immich/call.go
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
+
+	"github.com/simulot/immich-go/helpers/fshelper"
 )
 
 type TooManyInternalError struct {
@@ -292,3 +294,16 @@ func responseJSON[T any](object *T) serverResponseOption {
 		return errors.New("can't decode nil response")
 	}
 }
+
+func responseCopy(buffer *bytes.Buffer) serverResponseOption {
+	return func(sc *serverCall, resp *http.Response) error {
+		if resp != nil {
+			if resp.Body != nil {
+				newBody := fshelper.TeeReadCloser(resp.Body, buffer)
+				resp.Body = newBody
+				return nil
+			}
+		}
+		return nil
+	}
+}
diff --git a/immich/client.go b/immich/client.go
index 2c7083e1..e4ee8417 100644
--- a/immich/client.go
+++ b/immich/client.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package immich
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"crypto/tls"
 	"fmt"
@@ -111,9 +112,10 @@ func NewImmichClient(endPoint string, key string, options ...clientOption) (*Imm
 // Ping server
 func (ic *ImmichClient) PingServer(ctx context.Context) error {
 	r := PingResponse{}
-	err := ic.newServerCall(ctx, "PingServer").do(getRequest("/server-info/ping", setAcceptJSON()), responseJSON(&r))
+	b := bytes.NewBuffer(nil)
+	err := ic.newServerCall(ctx, "PingServer").do(getRequest("/server-info/ping", setAcceptJSON()), responseCopy(b), responseJSON(&r))
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("the ping API end point doesn't respond at this address: %s", ic.endPoint+"/server-info/ping")
+		return fmt.Errorf("unexpected response to the immich's ping API at this address: %s:\n%s", ic.endPoint+"/server-info/ping", b.String())
 	}
 	if r.Res != "pong" {
 		return fmt.Errorf("incorrect ping response: %s", r.Res)