diff --git a/cfddns.sh b/cfddns.sh
index 41756d4..79e8cdf 100644
--- a/cfddns.sh
+++ b/cfddns.sh
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ writePlainTextLog() {
 
   printf "%s %s %s[%s]: [%s] [%s] %s (%s:%s)\n" \
     "$(getTimeStamp)" "$(getHostname)" "$LOG_PROGRAM_NAME" "$$" \
-    "$(standardizeLogLevels "$2")" "$(uppercase "$3")" "$1" "${4:-UNSPECIFIED}" "${5:-999}" \
+    "$(standardizeLogLevels "$2")" "$(uppercase "$3")" "$1" "${4:-UNSPECIFIED}" "${5:-0}" \
     >>"$logFile"
 }