diff --git a/src/jail.c b/src/jail.c
index 0f7ff26..e2477bd 100644
--- a/src/jail.c
+++ b/src/jail.c
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ f2b_jail_ban(f2b_jail_t *jail, f2b_ipaddr_t *addr) {
   }
 
   if (f2b_backend_ban(jail->backend, addr->text)) {
-    f2b_log_msg(log_info, "jail '%s': banned ip %s", jail->name, addr->text);
+    f2b_log_msg(log_note, "jail '%s': banned ip %s", jail->name, addr->text);
     return true;
   }
 
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ f2b_jail_unban(f2b_jail_t *jail, f2b_ipaddr_t *addr) {
   addr->bantime = 0;
 
   if (f2b_backend_unban(jail->backend, addr->text)) {
-    f2b_log_msg(log_info, "jail '%s': released ip %s", jail->name, addr->text);
+    f2b_log_msg(log_note, "jail '%s': released ip %s", jail->name, addr->text);
     return true;
   }
 
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ f2b_jail_process(f2b_jail_t *jail) {
         addr->lastseen = now;
         f2b_matches_append(&addr->matches, now);
         jail->ipaddrs = f2b_addrlist_append(jail->ipaddrs, addr);
-        f2b_log_msg(log_debug, "jail '%s': new ip found -- %s", jail->name, matchbuf);
+        f2b_log_msg(log_info, "jail '%s': new ip found -- %s", jail->name, matchbuf);
         continue;
       }
       /* this ip was seen before */
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ f2b_jail_process(f2b_jail_t *jail) {
       f2b_matches_expire(&addr->matches, now - jail->findtime);
       f2b_matches_append(&addr->matches, now);
       if (addr->matches.used < jail->maxretry) {
-        f2b_log_msg(log_debug, "jail '%s': new match %s (%d/%d)", jail->name, matchbuf, addr->matches.used, addr->matches.max);
+        f2b_log_msg(log_info, "jail '%s': new match %s (%d/%d)", jail->name, matchbuf, addr->matches.used, addr->matches.max);
         continue;
       }
       /* limit reached, ban ip */
diff --git a/src/log.c b/src/log.c
index 09dc0c6..721f908 100644
--- a/src/log.c
+++ b/src/log.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ static FILE *logfile = NULL;
 static const char *loglevels[] = {
   "debug",
   "info",
+  "notice",
   "warn",
   "error",
   "fatal",
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ get_facility(log_msgtype_t l) {
   switch (l) {
     case log_debug: return LOG_DEBUG;
     case log_info:  return LOG_INFO;
+    case log_note:  return LOG_NOTICE;
     case log_warn:  return LOG_WARNING;
     case log_error: return LOG_ERR;
     case log_fatal: return LOG_CRIT;
@@ -57,6 +59,7 @@ void f2b_log_msg(log_msgtype_t l, const char *fmt, ...) {
 void f2b_log_set_level(const char *level) {
   if (strcmp(level, "debug") == 0) { minlevel = log_debug; return; }
   if (strcmp(level, "info")  == 0) { minlevel = log_info;  return; }
+  if (strcmp(level, "notice")== 0) { minlevel = log_note;  return; }
   if (strcmp(level, "warn")  == 0) { minlevel = log_warn;  return; }
   if (strcmp(level, "error") == 0) { minlevel = log_error; return; }
   if (strcmp(level, "fatal") == 0) { minlevel = log_fatal; return; }
diff --git a/src/log.h b/src/log.h
index ad212cf..0316c3f 100644
--- a/src/log.h
+++ b/src/log.h
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@
 typedef enum {
   log_debug = 0,
   log_info  = 1,
-  log_warn  = 2,
-  log_error = 3,
-  log_fatal = 4
+  log_note  = 2,
+  log_warn  = 3,
+  log_error = 4,
+  log_fatal = 5
 } log_msgtype_t;
 
 void f2b_log_msg(log_msgtype_t l, const char *fmt, ...);
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index aff96d7..1821bec 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ void sa_term(int signum) {
 }
 void sa_hup(int signum) {
   UNUSED(signum);
-  f2b_log_msg(log_info, "got SIGHUP, reloading config");
+  f2b_log_msg(log_note, "got SIGHUP, reloading config");
   rcfg = true;
 }
 
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
   f2b_config_free(&config);
 
   if (!jails) {
-    f2b_log_msg(log_error, "no jails configured, exiting");
+    f2b_log_msg(log_warn, "no jails configured, exiting");
     return EXIT_FAILURE;
   }