diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6f5ebe78b..2016a9fdd 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ ver. 0.9.1 (2014/xx/xx) - better, faster, stronger
    * badips.py action error when logging HTTP error raised with badips request
    * fail2ban-regex failed to work in python3 due to space/tab mix
    * journalmatch for recidive incorrect PRIORITY
+   * loglevel couldn't be changed in fail2ban.conf
 
 - New features:
 
diff --git a/fail2ban/client/fail2banreader.py b/fail2ban/client/fail2banreader.py
index f17ff92be..251c6985c 100644
--- a/fail2ban/client/fail2banreader.py
+++ b/fail2ban/client/fail2banreader.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class Fail2banReader(ConfigReader):
 		return ConfigReader.getOptions(self, "Definition", opts)
 	
 	def getOptions(self):
-		opts = [["int", "loglevel", "INFO" ],
+		opts = [["string", "loglevel", "INFO" ],
 				["string", "logtarget", "STDERR"],
 				["string", "dbfile", "/var/lib/fail2ban/fail2ban.sqlite3"],
 				["int", "dbpurgeage", 86400]]