avoid possibility of muting log output

diff --git a/src/log_logstash.c b/src/log_logstash.c
index 4b7790c71ecb7b33d72d8f4e97813e9f787bcbea..b9400461d1e95b8723f6a8c12e6ab7c921bf0970 100644 (file)
--- a/src/log_logstash.c
+++ b/src/log_logstash.c
@@ -61,7 +61,12 @@ static int log_logstash_config (const char *key, const char *value)
        if (0 == strcasecmp (key, "LogLevel")) {
                log_level = parse_log_severity(value);
                printf("parsed log level: %d\n", log_level);
-               if (log_level == -1) return 1; /* to keep previous behaviour */
+        if (log_level < 0) {
+            log_level = LOG_INFO;
+            ERROR("log_logstash: invalid loglevel [%s] defaulting to 'info'",
+                  value);
+            return 1;
+        }
        }
        else if (0 == strcasecmp (key, "File")) {
                sfree (log_file);