diff --git a/src/zinolib/controllers/zino1.py b/src/zinolib/controllers/zino1.py
index ef7b5dc..5b20ef5 100644
--- a/src/zinolib/controllers/zino1.py
+++ b/src/zinolib/controllers/zino1.py
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
 """
 
 from datetime import datetime, timezone
-from typing import Iterable, List, TypedDict, Optional, Set
+from typing import Dict, Iterable, List, TypedDict, Optional, Set
 import logging
 
 from .base import EventManager
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
 from ..event_types import EventType, Event, HistoryEntry, LogEntry, AdmState
 from ..event_types import PortStateEvent
 from ..ritz import ZinoError, ritz, notifier
+from ..utils import log_exception_with_params
 
 
 __all__ = [
@@ -248,7 +249,8 @@ def get_attrlist(request, event_id: int):
         return request.get_raw_attributes(event_id)
 
     @classmethod
-    def attrlist_to_attrdict(cls, attrlist: Iterable[str]):
+    @log_exception_with_params(LOG)
+    def attrlist_to_attrdict(cls, attrlist: Iterable[str]) -> Dict[str, str]:
         """Translate a wire protocol dump of a single event
 
         The dump is a list of lines of the format:
@@ -290,6 +292,7 @@ def get_history(request, event_id: int):
         return request.get_raw_history(event_id).data
 
     @classmethod
+    @log_exception_with_params(LOG)
     def parse_response(cls, history_data: Iterable[str]) -> list[HistoryDict]:
         """
         Input:
@@ -357,6 +360,7 @@ def get_log(request, event_id: int) -> list[str]:
         return request.get_raw_log(event_id).data
 
     @staticmethod
+    @log_exception_with_params(LOG)
     def parse_response(log_data: Iterable[str]) -> list[LogDict]:
         """
         Input:
diff --git a/src/zinolib/utils.py b/src/zinolib/utils.py
index 79b1761..dca5819 100644
--- a/src/zinolib/utils.py
+++ b/src/zinolib/utils.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+import functools
 import hashlib
+from typing import Any
 
 
 __all__ = [
@@ -56,3 +58,26 @@ def generate_authtoken(challenge, password):
     raw_token = "%s %s" % (challenge, password)
     token = hashlib.sha1(raw_token.encode("UTF-8")).hexdigest()
     return token
+
+
+def log_exception_with_params(logger, reraise=True, return_value=None):
+    """Log the params and exception if the wrapped function fails
+
+    If ``reraise`` is False, return ``return_value`` instead of reraising the
+    exception.
+    """
+    def inner(function):
+        @functools.wraps(function)
+        def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
+            try:
+                result = function(*args, **kwargs)
+                return result
+            except Exception as e:
+                params = f'args={args} kwargs={kwargs}'
+                funcname = function.__name__
+                logger.exception(f'"{funcname}" failed with: {params}\n{e}')
+                if reraise:
+                    raise
+                return return_value
+        return wrapper
+    return inner