diff --git a/models-interactions/model-actors/actorServiceProvider/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/controlloop/actorserviceprovider/impl/BidirectionalTopicOperation.java b/models-interactions/model-actors/actorServiceProvider/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/controlloop/actorserviceprovider/impl/BidirectionalTopicOperation.java
index 1ae8049..b38ddb0 100644
--- a/models-interactions/model-actors/actorServiceProvider/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/controlloop/actorserviceprovider/impl/BidirectionalTopicOperation.java
+++ b/models-interactions/model-actors/actorServiceProvider/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/controlloop/actorserviceprovider/impl/BidirectionalTopicOperation.java
@@ -172,11 +172,11 @@
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("cannot encode request", e);
         }
 
+        logMessage(EventType.OUT, topicHandler.getSinkTopicCommInfrastructure(), topicHandler.getSinkTopic(), request);
+
         if (!topicHandler.send(json)) {
             throw new IllegalStateException("nothing published");
         }
-
-        logMessage(EventType.OUT, topicHandler.getSinkTopicCommInfrastructure(), topicHandler.getSinkTopic(), request);
     }
 
     /**