diff --git a/lemur/__init__.py b/lemur/__init__.py
index bdad6766..51b9a77e 100644
--- a/lemur/__init__.py
+++ b/lemur/__init__.py
@@ -76,13 +76,16 @@ def configure_hook(app):
         def after(response):
             return response
 
+    @app.after_request
+    def log_status(response):
+        metrics.send('status_code_{}'.format(response.status_code), 'counter', 1)
+        return response
+
     @app.errorhandler(Exception)
     def handle_error(e):
         code = 500
         if isinstance(e, HTTPException):
             code = e.code
 
-        metrics.send('{}_status_code'.format(code), 'counter', 1)
-
         app.logger.exception(e)
         return jsonify(error=str(e)), code
diff --git a/lemur/plugins/lemur_digicert/plugin.py b/lemur/plugins/lemur_digicert/plugin.py
index 28ddb5d7..5383c1d0 100644
--- a/lemur/plugins/lemur_digicert/plugin.py
+++ b/lemur/plugins/lemur_digicert/plugin.py
@@ -30,6 +30,18 @@ from lemur.plugins import lemur_digicert as digicert
 from lemur.common.utils import validate_conf
 
 
+def log_status_code(r, *args, **kwargs):
+    """
+    Is a request hook that logs all status codes to the digicert api.
+
+    :param r:
+    :param args:
+    :param kwargs:
+    :return:
+    """
+    metrics.send('digicert_status_code_{}'.format(r.status_code))
+
+
 def signature_hash(signing_algorithm):
     """Converts Lemur's signing algorithm into a format DigiCert understands.
 
@@ -160,8 +172,6 @@ def handle_response(response):
     :param response:
     :return:
     """
-    metrics.send('digicert_status_code_{0}'.format(response.status_code), 'counter', 1)
-
     if response.status_code > 399:
         raise Exception(response.json()['message'])
 
@@ -174,8 +184,6 @@ def handle_cis_response(response):
     :param response:
     :return:
     """
-    metrics.send('digicert_cis_status_code_{0}'.format(response.status_code), 'counter', 1)
-
     if response.status_code > 399:
         raise Exception(response.json()['errors'][0]['message'])
 
@@ -188,7 +196,6 @@ def get_certificate_id(session, base_url, order_id):
     order_url = "{0}/services/v2/order/certificate/{1}".format(base_url, order_id)
     response_data = handle_response(session.get(order_url))
     if response_data['status'] != 'issued':
-        metrics.send('digicert_retries', 'counter', 1)
         raise Exception("Order not in issued state.")
 
     return response_data['certificate']['id']
@@ -204,7 +211,6 @@ def get_cis_certificate(session, base_url, order_id):
     response = session.get(certificate_url)
 
     if response.status_code == 404:
-        metrics.send('digicert_retries', 'counter', 1)
         raise Exception("Order not in issued state.")
 
     return response.content
@@ -239,6 +245,8 @@ class DigiCertSourcePlugin(SourcePlugin):
             }
         )
 
+        self.session.hooks = dict(response=log_status_code)
+
         super(DigiCertSourcePlugin, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
 
     def get_certificates(self):
@@ -276,6 +284,8 @@ class DigiCertIssuerPlugin(IssuerPlugin):
             }
         )
 
+        self.session.hooks = dict(response=log_status_code)
+
         super(DigiCertIssuerPlugin, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
 
     def create_certificate(self, csr, issuer_options):
@@ -349,6 +359,8 @@ class DigiCertCISIssuerPlugin(IssuerPlugin):
             }
         )
 
+        self.session.hooks = dict(response=log_status_code)
+
         super(DigiCertCISIssuerPlugin, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
 
     def create_certificate(self, csr, issuer_options):
diff --git a/lemur/plugins/lemur_verisign/plugin.py b/lemur/plugins/lemur_verisign/plugin.py
index 43dac676..fa57e032 100644
--- a/lemur/plugins/lemur_verisign/plugin.py
+++ b/lemur/plugins/lemur_verisign/plugin.py
@@ -13,8 +13,11 @@ import xmltodict
 
 from flask import current_app
 
-from lemur.plugins.bases import IssuerPlugin, SourcePlugin
+from lemur.extensions import metrics
+
 from lemur.plugins import lemur_verisign as verisign
+from lemur.plugins.bases import IssuerPlugin, SourcePlugin
+
 from lemur.common.utils import get_psuedo_random_string
 
 
@@ -61,6 +64,18 @@ VERISIGN_ERRORS = {
 }
 
 
+def log_status_code(r, *args, **kwargs):
+    """
+    Is a request hook that logs all status codes to the verisign api.
+
+    :param r:
+    :param args:
+    :param kwargs:
+    :return:
+    """
+    metrics.send('symantec_status_code_{}'.format(r.status_code))
+
+
 def process_options(options):
     """
     Processes and maps the incoming issuer options to fields/options that
@@ -141,6 +156,7 @@ class VerisignIssuerPlugin(IssuerPlugin):
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         self.session = requests.Session()
         self.session.cert = current_app.config.get('VERISIGN_PEM_PATH')
+        self.session.hooks = dict(response=log_status_code)
         super(VerisignIssuerPlugin, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
 
     def create_certificate(self, csr, issuer_options):