diff --git a/logger.sh b/logger.sh
index 8d74918..43ded13 100644
--- a/logger.sh
+++ b/logger.sh
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ uppercase() {
 }
 
 standardizeLogLevels() {
-  LEVEL_TO_TRANSLATE="$1"
-  case "$LEVEL_TO_TRANSLATE" in
+  LEVEL_TO_STANDARDIZE="$(lowercase "$1")"
+  case "$LEVEL_TO_STANDARDIZE" in
   "critical" | "crit" | "fatal")
     echo "CRIT"
     ;;