diff --git a/logger.sh b/logger.sh
index 2e278d7..086704c 100644
--- a/logger.sh
+++ b/logger.sh
@@ -44,22 +44,22 @@ translateLogLevelsToJournalD() {
   LEVEL_TO_TRANSLATE="$(standardizeLogLevels "$1")"
   case "$LEVEL_TO_TRANSLATE" in
   "CRIT")
-    return 5
+    echo 5
     ;;
   "ERR")
-    return 4
+    echo 4
     ;;
   "WARN")
-    return 3
+    echo 3
     ;;
   "INFO")
-    return 1
+    echo 1
     ;;
   "DEBUG")
-    return 0
+    echo 0
     ;;
   *)
-    return 0
+    echo 1
   esac
 }