diff --git a/src/main/java/com/teragrep/rlp_01/RelpClientPlainSocket.java b/src/main/java/com/teragrep/rlp_01/RelpClientPlainSocket.java
index bceadbb..e736aee 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/teragrep/rlp_01/RelpClientPlainSocket.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/teragrep/rlp_01/RelpClientPlainSocket.java
@@ -130,7 +130,9 @@ void open (String hostname, int port) throws IOException, TimeoutException {
     @Override
     void write(ByteBuffer byteBuffer) throws IOException, TimeoutException {
         SelectionKey key = this.socketChannel.register(this.poll, SelectionKey.OP_WRITE);
-        LOGGER.trace("relpConnection.sendRelpRequestAsync> need to write <{}> ", byteBuffer.hasRemaining());
+        if(LOGGER.isTraceEnabled()) {
+            LOGGER.trace("relpConnection.sendRelpRequestAsync> need to write <{}> ", byteBuffer.hasRemaining());
+        }
 
         while (byteBuffer.hasRemaining()) {
             int nReady = poll.select(this.writeTimeout);
@@ -147,7 +149,9 @@ void write(ByteBuffer byteBuffer) throws IOException, TimeoutException {
                 }
                 eventIter.remove();
             }
-            LOGGER.trace("relpConnection.sendRelpRequestAsync> still need to write <{}>", byteBuffer.hasRemaining());
+            if(LOGGER.isTraceEnabled()) {
+                LOGGER.trace("relpConnection.sendRelpRequestAsync> still need to write <{}>", byteBuffer.hasRemaining());
+            }
         }
         key.interestOps(key.interestOps() & ~SelectionKey.OP_WRITE);
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/teragrep/rlp_01/RelpClientTlsSocket.java b/src/main/java/com/teragrep/rlp_01/RelpClientTlsSocket.java
index 03c6d73..401cc0c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/teragrep/rlp_01/RelpClientTlsSocket.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/teragrep/rlp_01/RelpClientTlsSocket.java
@@ -152,8 +152,9 @@ void open(String hostname, int port) throws IOException, TimeoutException {
     @Override
     void write(ByteBuffer byteBuffer) throws IOException, TimeoutException {
         SelectionKey key = this.socketChannel.register(this.selector, SelectionKey.OP_WRITE);
-        LOGGER.trace("relpConnection.sendRelpRequestAsync> need to write <{}>", byteBuffer.hasRemaining());
-
+        if(LOGGER.isTraceEnabled()) {
+            LOGGER.trace("relpConnection.sendRelpRequestAsync> need to write <{}>", byteBuffer.hasRemaining());
+        }
         while (byteBuffer.hasRemaining()) {
             int nReady = selector.select(this.writeTimeout);
             if (nReady == 0) {
@@ -176,7 +177,9 @@ void write(ByteBuffer byteBuffer) throws IOException, TimeoutException {
                 }
                 eventIter.remove();
             }
-            LOGGER.trace("relpConnection.sendRelpRequestAsync> still need to write <{}>", byteBuffer.hasRemaining());
+            if(LOGGER.isTraceEnabled()) {
+                LOGGER.trace("relpConnection.sendRelpRequestAsync> still need to write <{}>", byteBuffer.hasRemaining());
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/teragrep/rlp_01/RelpConnection.java b/src/main/java/com/teragrep/rlp_01/RelpConnection.java
index d2784a6..7814d8d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/teragrep/rlp_01/RelpConnection.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/teragrep/rlp_01/RelpConnection.java
@@ -227,7 +227,9 @@ public void commit(RelpBatch relpBatch) throws IOException, IllegalStateExceptio
 
      */
     private void sendBatch(RelpBatch relpBatch)  throws IOException, TimeoutException, IllegalStateException {
-        LOGGER.trace("relpConnection.sendBatch> entry with wq len <{}>", relpBatch.getWorkQueueLength());
+        if(LOGGER.isTraceEnabled()) {
+            LOGGER.trace("relpConnection.sendBatch> entry with wq len <{}>", relpBatch.getWorkQueueLength());
+        }
         // send a batch of requests..
         RelpFrameTX relpRequest;
 
@@ -272,7 +274,9 @@ private void readAcks(RelpBatch relpBatch)
                     parser.parse(preAllocatedRXBuffer.get());
 
                     if (parser.isComplete()) {
-                        LOGGER.trace("relpConnection.readAcks> read parser complete <{}>", parser.isComplete());
+                        if(LOGGER.isTraceEnabled()) {
+                            LOGGER.trace("relpConnection.readAcks> read parser complete <{}>", parser.isComplete());
+                        }
                         // one response read successfully
                         int txnId = parser.getTxnId();
                         if (window.isPending(txnId)) {
@@ -305,11 +309,15 @@ private void sendRelpRequestAsync(RelpFrameTX relpRequest) throws IOException, T
         LOGGER.trace("relpConnection.sendRelpRequestAsync> entry");
         ByteBuffer byteBuffer;
         if (relpRequest.length() > this.txBufferSize) {
-            LOGGER.trace("relpConnection.sendRelpRequestAsync> allocate new txBuffer of size <{}>", relpRequest.length());
+            if(LOGGER.isTraceEnabled()) {
+                LOGGER.trace("relpConnection.sendRelpRequestAsync> allocate new txBuffer of size <{}>", relpRequest.length());
+            }
             byteBuffer = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(relpRequest.length());
         }
         else {
-            LOGGER.trace("relpConnection.sendRelpRequestAsync> using preAllocatedTXBuffer for size <{}>", relpRequest.length());
+            if(LOGGER.isTraceEnabled()) {
+                LOGGER.trace("relpConnection.sendRelpRequestAsync> using preAllocatedTXBuffer for size <{}>", relpRequest.length());
+            }
             byteBuffer = this.preAllocatedTXBuffer;
         }
         relpRequest.write(byteBuffer);