diff --git a/logs/api-logs.go b/logs/api-logs.go
index 01900b2df0daf485ddacd613bf29c2d07f2a6263..abbad4581575ee0b33928ac5c86ba19dbfc8a36a 100644
--- a/logs/api-logs.go
+++ b/logs/api-logs.go
@@ -108,17 +108,17 @@ type ApiLog struct {
 	StartTime           time.Time           `json:"start_time"`
 	EndTime             time.Time           `json:"end_time"`
 	DurMs               int64               `json:"duration_ms"` //duration in milliseconds
-	Method              string              `json:"method" search:"keyword"`
+	Method              string              `json:"method"`
 	Address             string              `json:"address"` //server address for incoming and outgoing
-	Path                string              `json:"path" search:"keyword"`
-	ResponseCode        int                 `json:"response_code" search:"keyword"`
-	RequestID           string              `json:"request_id" search:"keyword"`
-	InitialAuthUsername string              `json:"initial_auth_username,omitempty" search:"keyword"`
-	InitialAuthType     string              `json:"initial_auth_type,omitempty" search:"keyword"`
-	AccountID           int64               `json:"account_id,omitempty" search:"keyword"`
-	Username            string              `json:"username,omitempty" search:"keyword"`
-	SourceIP            string              `json:"source_ip,omitempty" search:"keyword"` //only logged for incoming API
-	UserAgent           string              `json:"user_agent,omitempty"`                 //only for incoming, indicate type of browser when UI
+	Path                string              `json:"path"`
+	ResponseCode        int                 `json:"response_code"`
+	RequestID           string              `json:"request_id"`
+	InitialAuthUsername string              `json:"initial_auth_username,omitempty"`
+	InitialAuthType     string              `json:"initial_auth_type,omitempty"`
+	AccountID           int64               `json:"account_id,omitempty"`
+	Username            string              `json:"username,omitempty"`
+	SourceIP            string              `json:"source_ip,omitempty"`  //only logged for incoming API
+	UserAgent           string              `json:"user_agent,omitempty"` //only for incoming, indicate type of browser when UI
 	RelevantID          string              `json:"relevant_id,omitempty"`
 	Request             ApiLogRequest       `json:"request"`
 	Response            ApiLogResponse      `json:"response"`
diff --git a/search/document_store.go b/search/document_store.go
index 24e5fbd20ab59823f53811e4a97f046c118951aa..29cb32a79006449d673aa6c912da2c9a29cdf347 100644
--- a/search/document_store.go
+++ b/search/document_store.go
@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ func (ds *documentStore) Search(query Query, limit int64) (ids []string, totalCo
 	resBodyPtrValue := reflect.New(ds.searchResponseBodyType)
 	// if err = json.NewDecoder(searchResponse.Body).Decode(resBodyPtrValue.Interface()); err != nil {
 	if err = json.Unmarshal(bodyData, resBodyPtrValue.Interface()); err != nil {
+		logger.Errorf("search response body: %s", string(bodyData))
 		err = errors.Wrapf(err, "cannot decode search response body")
 		return
 	}
diff --git a/search/search_test.go b/search/search_test.go
index 2dec817e2c7f351579cbd5c1438ccd0f60690890..8a03042b26c6f4cc9b6a3d4c94f5c9e8e019cd8b 100644
--- a/search/search_test.go
+++ b/search/search_test.go
@@ -134,3 +134,7 @@ func TestOlderThan(t *testing.T) {
 	t1 = t1.Add(-time.Hour * 24 * time.Duration(olderThanDays))
 	t.Logf("Threshold = %s", t1)
 }
+
+func TestTime(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Logf("Time: %s", time.Now().Format("2006-01-02T15:04:05Z07:00"))
+}
diff --git a/search/time_series.go b/search/time_series.go
index f8674701d04b9259763f065e167ed25b4c1dcf15..423d22cbfe6595ce41814e3991be117aa89a9e3f 100644
--- a/search/time_series.go
+++ b/search/time_series.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import (
 	"gitlab.com/uafrica/go-utils/reflection"
 )
 
-const TimeFormat = "2006-01-02T15:04:05+07:00"
+const TimeFormat = "2006-01-02T15:04:05Z07:00"
 
 //embed this into your log struct
 type TimeSeriesHeader struct {
@@ -384,6 +384,7 @@ func (ts *timeSeries) Search(query Query, limit int64) (docs interface{}, totalC
 		Query: query,
 	}
 	jsonBody, _ := json.Marshal(body)
+	logger.Debugf("Search: %s", string(jsonBody))
 	search := opensearchapi.SearchRequest{
 		Index: []string{ts.name + "-*"},
 		Body:  bytes.NewReader(jsonBody),
@@ -403,8 +404,13 @@ func (ts *timeSeries) Search(query Query, limit int64) (docs interface{}, totalC
 		return
 	}
 
+	bodyData, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(searchResponse.Body)
+	logger.Debugf("Response Body: %s", string(bodyData))
+
 	resBodyPtrValue := reflect.New(ts.searchResponseBodyType)
-	if err = json.NewDecoder(searchResponse.Body).Decode(resBodyPtrValue.Interface()); err != nil {
+	//if err = json.NewDecoder(searchResponse.Body).Decode(resBodyPtrValue.Interface()); err != nil {
+	if err = json.Unmarshal(bodyData, resBodyPtrValue.Interface()); err != nil {
+		logger.Errorf("search response body: %s", string(bodyData))
 		err = errors.Wrapf(err, "cannot decode search response body")
 		return
 	}