diff --git a/src/graphiteudp.py b/src/graphiteudp.py
index f9372bb..9401a2d 100644
--- a/src/graphiteudp.py
+++ b/src/graphiteudp.py
@@ -27,9 +27,8 @@ def send(self, metric, value, timestamp = None):
       if self._prefix is not None:
          message = self._prefix + "." + message
 
-      if self._debug:
-         logger.debug("%s -> %s" % (repr(message), repr(self._addr)))
-      else:
+      logger.debug("%s -> %s" % (repr(message), repr(self._addr)))
+      if not self._debug:
          try:
             (sock, addr) = self._host.get()
             sock.sendto(message, addr)