diff --git a/src/oaklib/implementations/sqldb/sql_implementation.py b/src/oaklib/implementations/sqldb/sql_implementation.py
index acdaa9dfd..3b839c5c0 100644
--- a/src/oaklib/implementations/sqldb/sql_implementation.py
+++ b/src/oaklib/implementations/sqldb/sql_implementation.py
@@ -365,6 +365,11 @@ def __post_init__(self):
             logging.info(f"Locator, post-processed: {locator}")
             self.engine = create_engine(locator)
 
+            if(logging.root.level <= logging.DEBUG):
+                #If oaklib is running at DEBUG level logging; record all queries from sqlachemy on execution.
+                #This line is equivalent to create_engine(locator,echo=True)
+                logging.getLogger('sqlalchemy.engine.Engine').setLevel(logging.INFO)
+
     @property
     def session(self):
         if self._session is None: