diff --git a/decrypt_packets/src/pcap.rs b/decrypt_packets/src/pcap.rs
index 67a11bc..bc9da35 100644
--- a/decrypt_packets/src/pcap.rs
+++ b/decrypt_packets/src/pcap.rs
@@ -347,11 +347,13 @@ pub fn analyze(path: &Path) -> Result<()> {
                             pso_packet.header.flags(),
                             pso_packet.header.size()
                         );
-                        if pso_packet.body.is_empty() {
-                            println!("<No data>");
-                        } else {
-                            println!("{:?}", pso_packet.body.hex_conf(hex_cfg));
-                        }
+
+                        // get full packet bytes for the hex dump since it is probably useful most
+                        // of the time to include the header bytes alongside the body
+                        // TODO: this feels sloppy ...
+                        let mut packet_bytes = Vec::new();
+                        pso_packet.write_bytes(&mut packet_bytes)?;
+                        println!("{:?}", packet_bytes.hex_conf(hex_cfg));
                         println!();
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/psoutils/src/packets.rs b/psoutils/src/packets.rs
index f298c8a..cac3584 100644
--- a/psoutils/src/packets.rs
+++ b/psoutils/src/packets.rs
@@ -90,6 +90,12 @@ impl GenericPacket {
         })
     }
 
+    pub fn write_bytes<T: WriteBytesExt>(&self, writer: &mut T) -> Result<(), PacketError> {
+        self.header.write_bytes(writer)?;
+        writer.write_all(self.body.as_ref())?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     pub fn size(&self) -> usize {
         self.header.size as usize + self.body.len()
     }