diff --git a/Source/santasyncservice/BUILD b/Source/santasyncservice/BUILD
index 7f9f9b28..cc30b137 100644
--- a/Source/santasyncservice/BUILD
+++ b/Source/santasyncservice/BUILD
@@ -41,11 +41,11 @@ objc_library(
     }),
 )
 
-# This setting is used to enable storing all event uploads. See the
-# -storeEventUploads method in SNTSyncEventUpload.mm for more details.
+# This setting is used to enable storing all sync requests as JSON files on disk.
+# This can be useful for debugging purposes.
 config_setting(
-    name = "store_event_uploads",
-    values = {"define": "SANTA_STORE_EVENTUPLOADS=1"},
+    name = "store_json_uploads",
+    values = {"define": "SANTA_STORE_SYNC_JSON=1"},
 )
 
 objc_library(
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ objc_library(
     ],
     hdrs = ["SNTSyncManager.h"],
     defines = select({
-        ":store_event_uploads": ["SANTA_STORE_EVENTUPLOADS"],
+        ":store_json_uploads": ["SANTA_STORE_SYNC_JSON"],
         "//conditions:default": [],
     }),
     sdk_dylibs = ["libz"],
diff --git a/Source/santasyncservice/SNTSyncEventUpload.mm b/Source/santasyncservice/SNTSyncEventUpload.mm
index e014a761..38f676cb 100644
--- a/Source/santasyncservice/SNTSyncEventUpload.mm
+++ b/Source/santasyncservice/SNTSyncEventUpload.mm
@@ -72,11 +72,9 @@ - (BOOL)uploadEvents:(NSArray<SNTStoredEvent *> *)events {
   if (self.syncState.syncType == SNTSyncTypeNormal ||
       [[SNTConfigurator configurator] enableCleanSyncEventUpload]) {
     ::pbv1::EventUploadResponse response;
-    NSURLRequest *urlReq = [self requestWithMessage:req];
-#if defined(SANTA_STORE_EVENTUPLOADS) && defined(DEBUG)
-    [self storeEventUploads:urlReq];
-#endif
-    NSError *err = [self performRequest:urlReq intoMessage:&response timeout:30];
+    NSError *err = [self performRequest:[self requestWithMessage:req]
+                            intoMessage:&response
+                                timeout:30];
     if (err) {
       SLOGE(@"Failed to upload events: %@", err);
       return NO;
@@ -214,20 +212,4 @@ - (BOOL)uploadEvents:(NSArray<SNTStoredEvent *> *)events {
   return *e;
 }
 
-#if defined(SANTA_STORE_EVENTUPLOADS) && defined(DEBUG)
-// If Santa is built with both SANTA_STORE_EVENTUPLOADS and DEBUG defined,
-// all event upload requests will be stored, in JSON form, to /var/db/santa/eventuploads.
-// As santasyncservice runs as nobody, this directory must already exist and be owned by
-// the nobody user.
-- (void)storeEventUploads:(NSURLRequest *)request {
-  NSError *err;
-  NSString *path = [NSString
-      stringWithFormat:@"/var/db/santa/eventuploads/%f.json", [NSDate date].timeIntervalSince1970];
-  [request.HTTPBody writeToURL:[NSURL fileURLWithPath:path] options:NSDataWritingAtomic error:&err];
-  if (err) {
-    LOGE(@"Failed to write eventupload to file: %@", err);
-  }
-}
-#endif
-
 @end
diff --git a/Source/santasyncservice/SNTSyncStage.mm b/Source/santasyncservice/SNTSyncStage.mm
index 48d89397..9d03e69c 100644
--- a/Source/santasyncservice/SNTSyncStage.mm
+++ b/Source/santasyncservice/SNTSyncStage.mm
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ - (NSString *)stageURL {
 - (NSMutableURLRequest *)requestWithMessage:(google::protobuf::Message *)message {
   if (!message) return [self requestWithData:[NSData data] contentType:nil];
 
-#ifndef SANTA_STORE_EVENTUPLOADS
+#ifndef SANTA_STORE_SYNC_JSON
   if ([[SNTConfigurator configurator] syncEnableProtoTransfer]) {
     std::string data;
     if (!message->SerializeToString(&data)) {
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ - (NSMutableURLRequest *)requestWithMessage:(google::protobuf::Message *)message
     return [self requestWithData:[NSData dataWithBytes:data.data() length:data.size()]
                      contentType:@"application/x-protobuf"];
   }
-#endif
+#endif  // SANTA_STORE_SYNC_JSON
 
   google::protobuf::json::PrintOptions options{};
   std::string json;
@@ -89,8 +89,13 @@ - (NSMutableURLRequest *)requestWithMessage:(google::protobuf::Message *)message
     return nil;
   }
 
-  return [self requestWithData:[NSData dataWithBytes:json.data() length:json.size()]
-                   contentType:@"application/json"];
+  NSData *data = [NSData dataWithBytes:json.data() length:json.size()];
+
+#ifdef SANTA_STORE_SYNC_JSON
+  [self storeJSON:data withMessageType:santa::StringToNSString(message->GetTypeName())];
+#endif
+
+  return [self requestWithData:data contentType:@"application/json"];
 }
 
 - (NSMutableURLRequest *)requestWithData:(NSData *)requestBody contentType:(NSString *)contentType {
@@ -102,7 +107,6 @@ - (NSMutableURLRequest *)requestWithData:(NSData *)requestBody contentType:(NSSt
   NSString *xsrfHeader = self.syncState.xsrfTokenHeader ?: kDefaultXSRFTokenHeader;
   [req setValue:self.syncState.xsrfToken forHTTPHeaderField:xsrfHeader];
 
-#ifndef SANTA_STORE_EVENTUPLOADS
   NSData *compressed;
   NSString *contentEncodingHeader;
 
@@ -125,7 +129,6 @@ - (NSMutableURLRequest *)requestWithData:(NSData *)requestBody contentType:(NSSt
     requestBody = compressed;
     [req setValue:contentEncodingHeader forHTTPHeaderField:@"Content-Encoding"];
   }
-#endif
 
   [self addExtraRequestHeaders:req];
 
@@ -232,7 +235,7 @@ - (NSError *)performRequest:(NSURLRequest *)request
     return nil;
   }
 
-#ifndef SANTA_STORE_EVENTUPLOADS
+#ifndef SANTA_STORE_SYNC_JSON
   if ([[SNTConfigurator configurator] syncEnableProtoTransfer]) {
     if (!message->ParseFromString(std::string((const char *)data.bytes, data.length))) {
       NSString *errStr = @"Failed to parse response proto into message";
@@ -243,7 +246,7 @@ - (NSError *)performRequest:(NSURLRequest *)request
     }
     return nil;
   }
-#endif
+#endif  // SANTA_STORE_SYNC_JSON
 
   google::protobuf::json::ParseOptions options{
       .ignore_unknown_fields = true,
@@ -342,4 +345,20 @@ - (BOOL)fetchXSRFToken {
   return success;
 }
 
+#if defined(SANTA_STORE_SYNC_JSON) && defined(DEBUG)
+// If Santa is built with both SANTA_STORE_SYNC_JSON and DEBUG defined,
+// all sync requests will be stored, in JSON form, to /var/db/santa/storedsyncs.
+// As santasyncservice runs as nobody, this directory must already exist and be
+// owned by the nobody user.
+- (void)storeJSON:(NSData *)json withMessageType:(NSString *)msgType {
+  NSError *err;
+  NSString *path = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"/var/db/santa/storedsyncs/%@.%f.json", msgType,
+                                              [NSDate date].timeIntervalSince1970];
+  [json writeToURL:[NSURL fileURLWithPath:path] options:NSDataWritingAtomic error:&err];
+  if (err) {
+    LOGE(@"Failed to write %@ to file: %@", msgType, err);
+  }
+}
+#endif
+
 @end