diff --git a/fail2ban/__init__.py b/fail2ban/__init__.py
index cd92dbab..0f0fc3ec 100644
--- a/fail2ban/__init__.py
+++ b/fail2ban/__init__.py
@@ -26,8 +26,11 @@ __license__ = "GPL"
 
 import logging.handlers
 
-# Custom debug level
+# Custom debug levels
+logging.TRACEDEBUG = 7
 logging.HEAVYDEBUG = 5
+logging.addLevelName(logging.TRACEDEBUG, 'TRACE')
+logging.addLevelName(logging.HEAVYDEBUG, 'HEAVY')
 
 """
 Below derived from:
diff --git a/fail2ban/client/fail2banreader.py b/fail2ban/client/fail2banreader.py
index 8e1b0e5c..c81d585e 100644
--- a/fail2ban/client/fail2banreader.py
+++ b/fail2ban/client/fail2banreader.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ __copyright__ = "Copyright (c) 2004 Cyril Jaquier"
 __license__ = "GPL"
 
 from .configreader import ConfigReader
-from ..helpers import getLogger
+from ..helpers import getLogger, str2LogLevel
 
 # Gets the instance of the logger.
 logSys = getLogger(__name__)
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ class Fail2banReader(ConfigReader):
 		self.__opts = ConfigReader.getOptions(self, "Definition", opts)
 		if updateMainOpt:
 			self.__opts.update(updateMainOpt)
+		# check given log-level:
+		str2LogLevel(self.__opts.get('loglevel', 0))
 	
 	def convert(self):
 		# Ensure logtarget/level set first so any db errors are captured
diff --git a/fail2ban/helpers.py b/fail2ban/helpers.py
index 2738f5e6..bbed61cf 100644
--- a/fail2ban/helpers.py
+++ b/fail2ban/helpers.py
@@ -129,6 +129,16 @@ def getLogger(name):
 		name = "fail2ban.%s" % name.rpartition(".")[-1]
 	return logging.getLogger(name)
 
+def str2LogLevel(value):
+	try:
+		if isinstance(value, int) or value.isdigit():
+			ll = int(value)
+		else:
+			ll = getattr(logging, value)
+	except AttributeError:
+		raise ValueError("Invalid log level %r" % value)
+	return ll
+
 
 def excepthook(exctype, value, traceback):
 	"""Except hook used to log unhandled exceptions to Fail2Ban log
diff --git a/fail2ban/protocol.py b/fail2ban/protocol.py
index 879183e5..d1c33d88 100644
--- a/fail2ban/protocol.py
+++ b/fail2ban/protocol.py
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ protocol = [
 ["help", "return this output"], 
 ["version", "return the server version"],
 ['', "LOGGING", ""],
-["set loglevel <LEVEL>", "sets logging level to <LEVEL>. Levels: CRITICAL, ERROR, WARNING, NOTICE, INFO, DEBUG"], 
+["set loglevel <LEVEL>", "sets logging level to <LEVEL>. Levels: CRITICAL, ERROR, WARNING, NOTICE, INFO, "
+	"DEBUG, TRACEDEBUG, HEAVYDEBUG or corresponding numeric value (50-5)"], 
 ["get loglevel", "gets the logging level"], 
 ["set logtarget <TARGET>", "sets logging target to <TARGET>. Can be STDOUT, STDERR, SYSLOG or a file"], 
 ["get logtarget", "gets logging target"], 
diff --git a/fail2ban/server/filterpoll.py b/fail2ban/server/filterpoll.py
index abf16e1b..59310bed 100644
--- a/fail2ban/server/filterpoll.py
+++ b/fail2ban/server/filterpoll.py
@@ -137,10 +137,10 @@ class FilterPoll(FileFilter):
 			logStats = os.stat(filename)
 			stats = logStats.st_mtime, logStats.st_ino, logStats.st_size
 			pstats = self.__prevStats.get(filename, (0))
-			if logSys.getEffectiveLevel() <= 7:
+			if logSys.getEffectiveLevel() <= 5:
 				# we do not want to waste time on strftime etc if not necessary
 				dt = logStats.st_mtime - pstats[0]
-				logSys.log(7, "Checking %s for being modified. Previous/current stats: %s / %s. dt: %s",
+				logSys.log(5, "Checking %s for being modified. Previous/current stats: %s / %s. dt: %s",
 				           filename, pstats, stats, dt)
 				# os.system("stat %s | grep Modify" % filename)
 			self.__file404Cnt[filename] = 0
diff --git a/fail2ban/server/filterpyinotify.py b/fail2ban/server/filterpyinotify.py
index 56d6ef83..73c82099 100644
--- a/fail2ban/server/filterpyinotify.py
+++ b/fail2ban/server/filterpyinotify.py
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class FilterPyinotify(FileFilter):
 		logSys.debug("Created FilterPyinotify")
 
 	def callback(self, event, origin=''):
-		logSys.debug("%sCallback for Event: %s", origin, event)
+		logSys.log(7, "[%s] %sCallback for Event: %s", self.jailName, origin, event)
 		path = event.pathname
 		if event.mask & ( pyinotify.IN_CREATE | pyinotify.IN_MOVED_TO ):
 			# skip directories altogether
diff --git a/fail2ban/server/filtersystemd.py b/fail2ban/server/filtersystemd.py
index 310d15b3..0d720a5e 100644
--- a/fail2ban/server/filtersystemd.py
+++ b/fail2ban/server/filtersystemd.py
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ class FilterSystemd(JournalFilter): # pragma: systemd no cover
 
 		date = logentry.get('_SOURCE_REALTIME_TIMESTAMP',
 				logentry.get('__REALTIME_TIMESTAMP'))
-		logSys.debug("[%s] Read systemd journal entry: %s %s", self.jailName,
+		logSys.log(5, "[%s] Read systemd journal entry: %s %s", self.jailName,
 			date.isoformat(), logline)
 		## use the same type for 1st argument:
 		return ((logline[:0], date.isoformat(), logline),
diff --git a/fail2ban/server/server.py b/fail2ban/server/server.py
index a21b1fce..2ae96e15 100644
--- a/fail2ban/server/server.py
+++ b/fail2ban/server/server.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ from .filter import FileFilter, JournalFilter
 from .transmitter import Transmitter
 from .asyncserver import AsyncServer, AsyncServerException
 from .. import version
-from ..helpers import getLogger, excepthook
+from ..helpers import getLogger, str2LogLevel, excepthook
 
 # Gets the instance of the logger.
 logSys = getLogger(__name__)
@@ -510,14 +510,11 @@ class Server:
 		with self.__loggingLock:
 			if self.__logLevel == value:
 				return
-			try:
-				ll = getattr(logging, value)
-				# don't change real log-level if running from the test cases:
-				getLogger("fail2ban").setLevel(
-					ll if DEF_LOGTARGET != "INHERITED" or ll < logging.DEBUG else DEF_LOGLEVEL)
-				self.__logLevel = value
-			except AttributeError:
-				raise ValueError("Invalid log level %r" % value)
+			ll = str2LogLevel(value)
+			# don't change real log-level if running from the test cases:
+			getLogger("fail2ban").setLevel(
+				ll if DEF_LOGTARGET != "INHERITED" or ll < logging.DEBUG else DEF_LOGLEVEL)
+			self.__logLevel = value
 	
 	##
 	# Get the logging level.
diff --git a/fail2ban/tests/servertestcase.py b/fail2ban/tests/servertestcase.py
index d044da4b..ebc39d9b 100644
--- a/fail2ban/tests/servertestcase.py
+++ b/fail2ban/tests/servertestcase.py
@@ -842,6 +842,8 @@ class TransmitterLogging(TransmitterBase):
 
 	def testLogLevel(self):
 		self.setGetTest("loglevel", "HEAVYDEBUG")
+		self.setGetTest("loglevel", "TRACEDEBUG")
+		self.setGetTest("loglevel", "9")
 		self.setGetTest("loglevel", "DEBUG")
 		self.setGetTest("loglevel", "INFO")
 		self.setGetTest("loglevel", "NOTICE")
diff --git a/man/fail2ban-client.1 b/man/fail2ban-client.1
index 33bce652..281d8f5b 100644
--- a/man/fail2ban-client.1
+++ b/man/fail2ban-client.1
@@ -120,7 +120,9 @@ LOGGING
 \fBset loglevel <LEVEL>\fR
 sets logging level to <LEVEL>.
 Levels: CRITICAL, ERROR, WARNING,
-NOTICE, INFO, DEBUG
+NOTICE, INFO, DEBUG, TRACEDEBUG,
+HEAVYDEBUG or corresponding
+numeric value (50\-5)
 .TP
 \fBget loglevel\fR
 gets the logging level
diff --git a/man/fail2ban-regex.1 b/man/fail2ban-regex.1
index 342d18f7..44e13c86 100644
--- a/man/fail2ban-regex.1
+++ b/man/fail2ban-regex.1
@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@ File encoding. Default: system locale
 \fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-raw\fR
 Raw hosts, don't resolve dns
 .TP
+\fB\-\-usedns\fR=\fI\,USEDNS\/\fR
+DNS specified replacement of tags <HOST> in regexp
+('yes' \- matches all form of hosts, 'no' \- IP
+addresses only)
+.TP
 \fB\-L\fR MAXLINES, \fB\-\-maxlines\fR=\fI\,MAXLINES\/\fR
 maxlines for multi\-line regex
 .TP
diff --git a/man/jail.conf.5 b/man/jail.conf.5
index 865c689e..51a00cdc 100644
--- a/man/jail.conf.5
+++ b/man/jail.conf.5
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ These files have one section, [Definition].
 The items that can be set are:
 .TP
 .B loglevel
-verbosity level of log output: CRITICAL, ERROR, WARNING, NOTICE, INFO, DEBUG. Default: ERROR
+verbosity level of log output: CRITICAL, ERROR, WARNING, NOTICE, INFO, DEBUG, TRACEDEBUG, HEAVYDEBUG or corresponding numeric value (50-5). Default: ERROR (equal 40)
 .TP
 .B logtarget
 log target: filename, SYSLOG, STDERR or STDOUT. Default: STDERR