diff --git a/proxy.go b/proxy.go
index c3d321c5..734c8ec7 100644
--- a/proxy.go
+++ b/proxy.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ func newReverseProxy() *reverseProxy {
 	return &reverseProxy{
 		ReverseProxy: &httputil.ReverseProxy{
 			Director: func(*http.Request) {},
+			// @valyala: do we actually need error messages from ReverseProxy?
 			ErrorLog: log.ErrorLogger,
 		},
 		reloadSignal: make(chan struct{}),
@@ -46,10 +47,12 @@ func (rp *reverseProxy) ServeHTTP(rw http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 		ResponseWriter:    rw,
 		responseBodyBytes: responseBodyBytes.With(s.labels),
 	}
-
+	query := fetchQuery(req)
 	if err = s.inc(); err != nil {
 		limitExcess.With(s.labels).Inc()
-		respondWith(rw, err, http.StatusTooManyRequests)
+		log.Errorf("%s; the query was: %s", err, query)
+		rw.WriteHeader(http.StatusTooManyRequests)
+		rw.Write([]byte(err.Error()))
 		return
 	}
 	defer s.dec()
@@ -61,7 +64,6 @@ func (rp *reverseProxy) ServeHTTP(rw http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 		}
 		rw.Header().Set("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", origin)
 	}
-
 	timeStart := time.Now()
 	req = s.decorateRequest(req)
 
@@ -78,7 +80,6 @@ func (rp *reverseProxy) ServeHTTP(rw http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 		ResponseWriter: rw,
 	}
 	rp.ReverseProxy.ServeHTTP(cw, req)
-
 	if req.Context().Err() != nil {
 		// penalize host if respond is slow, probably it is overloaded
 		s.host.penalize()
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@ func (rp *reverseProxy) ServeHTTP(rw http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 		if err := s.killQuery(); err != nil {
 			log.Errorf("error while killing query: %s", err)
 		}
+		log.Errorf("node %q: %s; the query was: %s", s.host.addr, timeoutErrMsg, query)
 		fmt.Fprint(rw, timeoutErrMsg.Error())
 	} else {
 		switch cw.statusCode {
diff --git a/scope.go b/scope.go
index fd461105..374c2936 100644
--- a/scope.go
+++ b/scope.go
@@ -126,8 +126,13 @@ func (s *scope) killQuery() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// decorateRequest purifies request from unsupported params
+// because proxy just can't handle and control it properly via HTTP
+// it is recommended to control CH settings in user's profiles
+// @see http://clickhouse.readthedocs.io/en/latest/reference_en.html#HTTP interface
+// @see http://clickhouse.readthedocs.io/en/latest/reference_en.html#Settings
 func (s *scope) decorateRequest(req *http.Request) *http.Request {
-	// make new params to purify URL
+	// make new params to purify URL because settings might be changed only via GET params
 	params := make(url.Values)
 
 	// set query_id as scope_id to have possibility kill query if needed
diff --git a/utils.go b/utils.go
index f478ab6d..53140660 100644
--- a/utils.go
+++ b/utils.go
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/Vertamedia/chproxy/log"
@@ -71,3 +73,17 @@ func isHealthy(addr string) error {
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+// fetchQuery fetches query from POST or GET request
+// @see http://clickhouse.readthedocs.io/en/latest/reference_en.html#HTTP interface
+func fetchQuery(req *http.Request) string {
+	var query string
+	query = req.URL.Query().Get("query")
+	if req.Method == http.MethodGet {
+		return query
+	}
+	body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(req.Body)
+	query = fmt.Sprintf("%s %s", query, string(body))
+	req.Body = ioutil.NopCloser(bytes.NewBuffer(body))
+	return strings.TrimSpace(query)
+}
diff --git a/utils_test.go b/utils_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fa663a08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestFetchQuery(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		name     string
+		req      *http.Request
+		expected string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:     "get param",
+			req:      reqWithGetParam(),
+			expected: "SELECT column FROM table",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "post param",
+			req:      reqWithPostParam(),
+			expected: "SELECT column FROM table",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "combined params",
+			req:      reqCombined(),
+			expected: "SELECT column FROM table",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			query := fetchQuery(tc.req)
+			if query != tc.expected {
+				t.Errorf("got: %q; expected: %q", query, tc.expected)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func reqWithGetParam() *http.Request {
+	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "", nil)
+	params := make(url.Values)
+	params.Set("query", "SELECT column FROM table")
+	req.URL.RawQuery = params.Encode()
+	return req
+}
+
+func reqWithPostParam() *http.Request {
+	body := bytes.NewBufferString("SELECT column FROM table")
+	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "", body)
+	return req
+}
+
+func reqCombined() *http.Request {
+	body := bytes.NewBufferString("FROM table")
+	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "", body)
+	params := make(url.Values)
+	params.Set("query", "SELECT column")
+	req.URL.RawQuery = params.Encode()
+	return req
+}