diff --git a/http.go b/http.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b4d608
--- /dev/null
+++ b/http.go
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/*
+Copyright © 2023-2024 Thomas von Dein
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+// FIXME: we could also incorporate
+// https://github.com/kdkumawat/golang/blob/main/http-retry/http/retry-client.go
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"log/slog"
+	"math/rand"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httputil"
+	"os"
+)
+
+type loggingTransport struct{}
+
+var letters = []rune("ABCDEF0123456789")
+
+func getid() string {
+	b := make([]rune, 8)
+	for i := range b {
+		b[i] = letters[rand.Intn(len(letters))]
+	}
+	return string(b)
+}
+
+func (s *loggingTransport) RoundTrip(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
+	resp, err := http.DefaultTransport.RoundTrip(req)
+
+	// just requred for debugging
+	id := getid()
+	slog.Debug("REQUEST", "id", id, "uri", req.URL, "host", req.Host)
+	slog.Debug("RESPONSE", "id", id, "status", resp.StatusCode, "contentlength", resp.ContentLength)
+
+	if len(os.Getenv("DEBUGHTTP")) > 0 {
+		fmt.Println("DEBUGHTTP Request ===>")
+		bytes, _ := httputil.DumpRequestOut(req, true)
+		fmt.Printf("%s\n", bytes)
+
+		fmt.Println("<=== DEBUGHTTP Response")
+		for header, value := range resp.Header {
+			fmt.Printf("%s: %s\n", header, value)
+		}
+		fmt.Printf("Status: %s %s\nContent-Length: %d\n\n\n", resp.Proto, resp.Status, resp.ContentLength)
+
+	}
+
+	return resp, err
+}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 5f334c3..b93f3c3 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"log/slog"
+	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"runtime/debug"
 
@@ -111,17 +112,20 @@ func Main(w io.Writer) int {
 		return Die(err)
 	}
 
+	// used for all HTTP requests
+	client := &http.Client{Transport: &loggingTransport{}}
+
 	if len(conf.Adlinks) >= 1 {
 		// directly backup ad listing[s]
 		for _, uri := range conf.Adlinks {
-			err := Scrape(conf, uri)
+			err := ScrapeAd(conf, uri, client)
 			if err != nil {
 				return Die(err)
 			}
 		}
 	} else if conf.User > 0 {
 		// backup all ads of the given user (via config or cmdline)
-		err := Start(conf)
+		err := ScrapeUser(conf, client)
 		if err != nil {
 			return Die(err)
 		}
diff --git a/scrape.go b/scrape.go
index 6545b70..867a6fe 100644
--- a/scrape.go
+++ b/scrape.go
@@ -56,8 +56,7 @@ func Get(uri string, client *http.Client) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
 
 // extract links from  all ad listing pages (that  is: use pagination)
 // and scrape every page
-func Start(conf *Config) error {
-	client := &http.Client{}
+func ScrapeUser(conf *Config, client *http.Client) error {
 	adlinks := []string{}
 
 	baseuri := fmt.Sprintf("%s%s?userId=%d", Baseuri, Listuri, conf.User)
@@ -96,7 +95,7 @@ func Start(conf *Config) error {
 	}
 
 	for i, adlink := range adlinks {
-		err := Scrape(conf, Baseuri+adlink)
+		err := ScrapeAd(conf, Baseuri+adlink, client)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -110,8 +109,7 @@ func Start(conf *Config) error {
 }
 
 // scrape an ad. uri is the full uri of the ad, dir is the basedir
-func Scrape(c *Config, uri string) error {
-	client := &http.Client{}
+func ScrapeAd(c *Config, uri string, client *http.Client) error {
 	ad := &Ad{}
 
 	// extract slug and id from uri
@@ -155,10 +153,10 @@ func Scrape(c *Config, uri string) error {
 
 	c.IncrAds()
 
-	return ScrapeImages(c, ad, addir)
+	return ScrapeImages(c, ad, addir, client)
 }
 
-func ScrapeImages(c *Config, ad *Ad, addir string) error {
+func ScrapeImages(c *Config, ad *Ad, addir string, client *http.Client) error {
 	// fetch images
 	img := 1
 	g := new(errgroup.Group)
@@ -167,7 +165,7 @@ func ScrapeImages(c *Config, ad *Ad, addir string) error {
 		imguri := imguri
 		file := filepath.Join(c.Outdir, addir, fmt.Sprintf("%d.jpg", img))
 		g.Go(func() error {
-			err := Getimage(imguri, file)
+			err := Getimage(imguri, file, client)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
@@ -188,9 +186,16 @@ func ScrapeImages(c *Config, ad *Ad, addir string) error {
 }
 
 // fetch an image
-func Getimage(uri, fileName string) error {
+func Getimage(uri, fileName string, client *http.Client) error {
 	slog.Debug("fetching ad image", "uri", uri)
-	response, err := http.Get(uri)
+	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", uri, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	req.Header.Set("User-Agent", Useragent)
+
+	response, err := client.Do(req)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}