diff --git a/src/main/java/com/box/sdk/BoxAPIRequest.java b/src/main/java/com/box/sdk/BoxAPIRequest.java
index 1d1d91a97..4ea97a00e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/box/sdk/BoxAPIRequest.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/box/sdk/BoxAPIRequest.java
@@ -585,9 +585,27 @@ private BoxAPIResponse trySend(ProgressListener listener) {
                 }
             }
         }
+        long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
+        Request request = composeRequest(listener);
+        Response response;
+        if (this.followRedirects) {
+            response = api.execute(request);
+        } else {
+            response = api.executeWithoutRedirect(request);
+        }
+        logDebug(format("[trySend] connection.connect() took %dms%n", (System.currentTimeMillis() - start)));
 
-        Request.Builder requestBuilder = new Request.Builder().url(getUrl());
+        BoxAPIResponse result = BoxAPIResponse.toBoxResponse(response);
+        this.logRequest();
+        long getResponseStart = System.currentTimeMillis();
+        logDebug(format(
+            "[trySend] Get Response (read network) took %dms%n", System.currentTimeMillis() - getResponseStart
+        ));
+        return result;
+    }
 
+    private Request composeRequest(ProgressListener listener) {
+        Request.Builder requestBuilder = new Request.Builder().url(getUrl());
         if (this.shouldAuthenticate) {
             requestBuilder.addHeader(HttpHeaders.AUTHORIZATION, "Bearer " + this.api.lockAccessToken());
         }
@@ -608,31 +626,14 @@ private BoxAPIResponse trySend(ProgressListener listener) {
                 requestBuilder.addHeader("BoxApi", boxAPIValue);
             }
 
-            long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
-            writeMethodWithBody(requestBuilder, listener);
-            Request request = requestBuilder.build();
-            Response response;
-            if (this.followRedirects) {
-                response = api.execute(request);
-            } else {
-                response = api.executeWithoutRedirect(request);
-            }
-            logDebug(format("[trySend] connection.connect() took %dms%n", (System.currentTimeMillis() - start)));
-
-            BoxAPIResponse result = BoxAPIResponse.toBoxResponse(response);
-            this.logRequest();
-            long getResponseStart = System.currentTimeMillis();
-            logDebug(format(
-                "[trySend] Get Response (read network) took %dms%n", System.currentTimeMillis() - getResponseStart
-            ));
-            return result;
 
+            writeMethodWithBody(requestBuilder, listener);
+            return requestBuilder.build();
         } finally {
             if (this.shouldAuthenticate) {
                 this.api.unlockAccessToken();
             }
         }
-
     }
 
     protected void writeMethodWithBody(Request.Builder requestBuilder, ProgressListener listener) {