diff --git a/confparser.c b/confparser.c
index 6bc0800..32401b0 100644
--- a/confparser.c
+++ b/confparser.c
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ static int test_conf_syntax()
 				failed = 1;*/
 		} else if (!strcmp(buf, "rmps.loglevel")) {
 			if (strlen(tmp + 1) == 1 && (tmp[1] > '0' && tmp[1] < '5'))
-				conf.rmps.loglevel = tmp[1];
+				conf.rmps.loglevel = tmp[1] - '0';
 			else
 				failed = 1;
 		} else if (!strcmp(buf, "rmps.certfile")) {
diff --git a/confparser.h b/confparser.h
index b2aa336..3e85ca9 100644
--- a/confparser.h
+++ b/confparser.h
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #ifndef CONFPARSER_H
 #define CONFPARSER_H
 
+#include "log_trace.h"
+
 #define MAXPATHSIZE 256
 #define HOSTNAMESIZE 128
 #define CFGLINESIZE 300
@@ -16,7 +18,7 @@ struct conf_rmps {
 	char bind_on_port[6];
 	char logfile[MAXPATHSIZE];
 	char errlog[MAXPATHSIZE];
-	char loglevel;
+	LOG_LEVEL loglevel;
 	char pidfile[MAXPATHSIZE];
 	char certfile[MAXPATHSIZE];
 	char keyfile[MAXPATHSIZE];
diff --git a/log_trace.c b/log_trace.c
index 1baf56c..c2af75f 100644
--- a/log_trace.c
+++ b/log_trace.c
@@ -33,21 +33,21 @@ static void set_fpts(void)
 
 void log_trace(LOG_LEVEL lvl, char *fmt, ... )  
 {  
-	LOG_LEVEL cur_lvl = conf.rmps.loglevel - '0';
 	char fmt_with_pfx[1024];
 
 	pthread_once(&init_once, set_fpts);
 	if (conf.isvalid)
 		pthread_once(&once, open_logs);
-	if (lvl <= cur_lvl) {
+	if (lvl <= conf.rmps.loglevel) {
 		va_list list;
 		FILE *fp;
 		static const char *prefixes[] = {
 			"ERROR", "WARNING", "INFO", "VERBOSE"
 		};
 		time_t t = time(NULL);
-		struct tm tm = *localtime(&t);
-		if (lvl == ERROR || lvl == WARNING)
+		struct tm tm;
+		localtime_r(&t, &tm);
+		if (conf.rmps.loglevel == ERROR || conf.rmps.loglevel == WARNING)
 			fp = fderr;
 		else
 			fp = fdout;