diff --git a/logger.sh b/logger.sh
index 24b6619..42ac5e0 100644
--- a/logger.sh
+++ b/logger.sh
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ writePlainTextLog() {
 
   printf "%s %s %s[%s]: [%s] [%s] %s (%s:%s)\n" \
     "$(getTimeStamp)" "$(getHostname)" "$LOG_PROGRAM_NAME" "$$" \
-    "$2" "$(uppercase "$3")" "$1" "${4:UNSPECIFIED}" "${5:999}"
+    "$2" "$(standardizeLogLevels "$3")" "$1" "${4:UNSPECIFIED}" "${5:999}"
 }
 
 # $1: message, $2: level, $3: status, [$4: operation], [$5: code]