diff --git a/src/main/java/net/helenus/core/AbstractSessionOperations.java b/src/main/java/net/helenus/core/AbstractSessionOperations.java
index 4ff4072..65d98f8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/helenus/core/AbstractSessionOperations.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/helenus/core/AbstractSessionOperations.java
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractSessionOperations {
 
   public abstract boolean isShowCql();
 
+  public abstract boolean showValues();
+
   public abstract PrintStream getPrintStream();
 
   public abstract Executor getExecutor();
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/helenus/core/HelenusSession.java b/src/main/java/net/helenus/core/HelenusSession.java
index 42d6bf9..699734d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/helenus/core/HelenusSession.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/helenus/core/HelenusSession.java
@@ -74,12 +74,14 @@ public class HelenusSession extends AbstractSessionOperations implements Closeab
   private final Metadata metadata;
   private volatile String usingKeyspace;
   private volatile boolean showCql;
+  private volatile boolean showValues;
 
   HelenusSession(
       Session session,
       String usingKeyspace,
       CodecRegistry registry,
       boolean showCql,
+      boolean showValues,
       PrintStream printStream,
       SessionRepositoryBuilder sessionRepositoryBuilder,
       Executor executor,
@@ -96,6 +98,7 @@ public class HelenusSession extends AbstractSessionOperations implements Closeab
         Objects.requireNonNull(
             usingKeyspace, "keyspace needs to be selected before creating session");
     this.showCql = showCql;
+    this.showValues = showValues;
     this.printStream = printStream;
     this.sessionRepository = sessionRepositoryBuilder.build();
     this.executor = executor;
@@ -153,6 +156,20 @@ public class HelenusSession extends AbstractSessionOperations implements Closeab
     return this;
   }
 
+  public HelenusSession showQueryValuesInLog(boolean showValues) {
+    this.showValues = showValues;
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  public HelenusSession showQueryValuesInLog() {
+    this.showValues = true;
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  public boolean showValues() {
+    return showValues;
+  }
+
   @Override
   public Executor getExecutor() {
     return executor;
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/helenus/core/SessionInitializer.java b/src/main/java/net/helenus/core/SessionInitializer.java
index c77379d..f8a39a7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/helenus/core/SessionInitializer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/helenus/core/SessionInitializer.java
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ public final class SessionInitializer extends AbstractSessionOperations {
   private CodecRegistry registry;
   private String usingKeyspace;
   private boolean showCql = false;
+  private boolean showValues = true;
   private ConsistencyLevel consistencyLevel;
   private boolean idempotent = true;
   private MetricRegistry metricRegistry = new MetricRegistry();
@@ -103,6 +104,20 @@ public final class SessionInitializer extends AbstractSessionOperations {
     return this;
   }
 
+  public SessionInitializer showQueryValuesInLog(boolean showValues) {
+    this.showValues = showValues;
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  public SessionInitializer showQueryValuesInLog() {
+    this.showValues = true;
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  public boolean showValues() {
+    return showValues;
+  }
+
   public SessionInitializer metricRegistry(MetricRegistry metricRegistry) {
     this.metricRegistry = metricRegistry;
     return this;
@@ -255,6 +270,7 @@ public final class SessionInitializer extends AbstractSessionOperations {
         usingKeyspace,
         registry,
         showCql,
+        showValues,
         printStream,
         sessionRepository,
         executor,
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/helenus/core/operation/Operation.java b/src/main/java/net/helenus/core/operation/Operation.java
index 2b875d6..28c8e27 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/helenus/core/operation/Operation.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/helenus/core/operation/Operation.java
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public abstract class Operation<E> {
   private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(Operation.class);
 
   protected final AbstractSessionOperations sessionOps;
-  protected boolean showValues = false;
+  protected boolean showValues;
   protected TraceContext traceContext;
   protected long queryExecutionTimeout = 10;
   protected TimeUnit queryTimeoutUnits = TimeUnit.SECONDS;
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ public abstract class Operation<E> {
 
   Operation(AbstractSessionOperations sessionOperations) {
     this.sessionOps = sessionOperations;
+    this.showValues = sessionOps.showValues();
     MetricRegistry metrics = sessionOperations.getMetricRegistry();
     if (metrics == null) {
       metrics = new MetricRegistry();