diff --git a/TrafficCapture/trafficReplayer/src/main/java/org/opensearch/migrations/replay/datahandlers/PayloadAccessFaultingMap.java b/TrafficCapture/trafficReplayer/src/main/java/org/opensearch/migrations/replay/datahandlers/PayloadAccessFaultingMap.java
index ff8c3f665..57abfe43c 100644
--- a/TrafficCapture/trafficReplayer/src/main/java/org/opensearch/migrations/replay/datahandlers/PayloadAccessFaultingMap.java
+++ b/TrafficCapture/trafficReplayer/src/main/java/org/opensearch/migrations/replay/datahandlers/PayloadAccessFaultingMap.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ public class PayloadAccessFaultingMap extends AbstractMap<String, Object> {
     private boolean disableThrowingPayloadNotLoaded;
 
     public PayloadAccessFaultingMap(StrictCaseInsensitiveHttpHeadersMap headers) {
+        disableThrowingPayloadNotLoaded = true;
         underlyingMap = new TreeMap<>();
         isJson = Optional.ofNullable(headers.get("content-type"))
             .map(list -> list.stream().anyMatch(s -> s.startsWith("application/json")))
diff --git a/TrafficCapture/trafficReplayer/src/main/java/org/opensearch/migrations/replay/datahandlers/http/NettyDecodedHttpRequestPreliminaryTransformHandler.java b/TrafficCapture/trafficReplayer/src/main/java/org/opensearch/migrations/replay/datahandlers/http/NettyDecodedHttpRequestPreliminaryTransformHandler.java
index 3d74c42ca..3992d34a3 100644
--- a/TrafficCapture/trafficReplayer/src/main/java/org/opensearch/migrations/replay/datahandlers/http/NettyDecodedHttpRequestPreliminaryTransformHandler.java
+++ b/TrafficCapture/trafficReplayer/src/main/java/org/opensearch/migrations/replay/datahandlers/http/NettyDecodedHttpRequestPreliminaryTransformHandler.java
@@ -67,7 +67,9 @@ public void channelRead(@NonNull ChannelHandlerContext ctx, @NonNull Object msg)
             IAuthTransformer authTransformer = requestPipelineOrchestrator.authTransfomerFactory.getAuthTransformer(
                 httpJsonMessage
             );
+            final var payloadMap = (PayloadAccessFaultingMap) httpJsonMessage.payload();
             try {
+                payloadMap.setDisableThrowingPayloadNotLoaded(false);
                 handlePayloadNeutralTransformationOrThrow(
                     ctx,
                     originalHttpJsonMessage,
@@ -86,6 +88,8 @@ public void channelRead(@NonNull ChannelHandlerContext ctx, @NonNull Object msg)
                     getAuthTransformerAsStreamingTransformer(authTransformer)
                 );
                 ctx.fireChannelRead(handleAuthHeaders(httpJsonMessage, authTransformer));
+            } finally {
+                payloadMap.setDisableThrowingPayloadNotLoaded(true);
             }
         } else if (msg instanceof HttpContent) {
             ctx.fireChannelRead(msg);
diff --git a/TrafficCapture/trafficReplayer/src/main/java/org/opensearch/migrations/replay/datahandlers/http/NettyJsonBodyAccumulateHandler.java b/TrafficCapture/trafficReplayer/src/main/java/org/opensearch/migrations/replay/datahandlers/http/NettyJsonBodyAccumulateHandler.java
index 754ac2a4e..89f8ebb49 100644
--- a/TrafficCapture/trafficReplayer/src/main/java/org/opensearch/migrations/replay/datahandlers/http/NettyJsonBodyAccumulateHandler.java
+++ b/TrafficCapture/trafficReplayer/src/main/java/org/opensearch/migrations/replay/datahandlers/http/NettyJsonBodyAccumulateHandler.java
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.function.Function;
+import java.util.function.Predicate;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import org.opensearch.migrations.replay.datahandlers.JsonAccumulator;
 import org.opensearch.migrations.replay.tracing.IReplayContexts;
@@ -24,6 +27,7 @@
 import io.netty.util.ReferenceCountUtil;
 import lombok.SneakyThrows;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+import org.slf4j.event.Level;
 
 /**
  * This accumulates HttpContent messages through a JsonAccumulator and eventually fires off a
@@ -93,7 +97,9 @@ public void channelRead(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, Object msg) throws Exception
                     }
                 }
             } catch (JacksonException e) {
-                log.atInfo().setCause(e).setMessage("Error parsing json body.  " +
+                log.atLevel(hasRequestContentTypeMatching(capturedHttpJsonMessage, v -> v.startsWith("application/json"))
+                        ?  Level.INFO : Level.TRACE)
+                    .setCause(e).setMessage("Error parsing json body.  " +
                     "Will pass all payload bytes directly as a ByteBuf within the payload map").log();
                 jsonWasInvalid = true;
                 parsedJsonObjects.clear();
@@ -123,7 +129,9 @@ public void channelRead(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, Object msg) throws Exception
 
                     var leftoverBody = accumulatedBody.slice(jsonBodyByteLength,
                         accumulatedBody.readableBytes() - jsonBodyByteLength);
-                    if (jsonBodyByteLength == 0 && isRequestContentTypeNotText(capturedHttpJsonMessage)) {
+                    if (jsonBodyByteLength == 0 &&
+                        hasRequestContentTypeMatching(capturedHttpJsonMessage, v -> !v.startsWith("text/")))
+                    {
                         context.onPayloadSetBinary();
                         capturedHttpJsonMessage.payload()
                             .put(JsonKeysForHttpMessage.INLINED_BINARY_BODY_DOCUMENT_KEY,
@@ -157,12 +165,13 @@ public void channelRead(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, Object msg) throws Exception
         }
     }
 
-    private boolean isRequestContentTypeNotText(HttpJsonMessageWithFaultingPayload message) {
+    private boolean hasRequestContentTypeMatching(HttpJsonMessageWithFaultingPayload message,
+                                                  Predicate<String> cnotentTypeFilter) {
         // ContentType not text if specified and has a value with / and that value does not start with text/
         return Optional.ofNullable(capturedHttpJsonMessage.headers().insensitiveGet(HttpHeaderNames.CONTENT_TYPE.toString()))
             .map(s -> s.stream()
                 .filter(v -> v.contains("/"))
-                .filter(v -> !v.startsWith("text/"))
+                .filter(cnotentTypeFilter)
                 .count() > 1
             )
             .orElse(false);