diff --git a/src/slog.c b/src/slog.c
index c6d8c00..cae6d9a 100644
--- a/src/slog.c
+++ b/src/slog.c
@@ -116,8 +116,9 @@ slog_internal(struct server *s, log_level level,
 	}
 
 	/* generate output line. */
+	char letter = (level == WEBDIS_TRACE ? 5 : c[level]);
 	line_sz = snprintf(line, sizeof(line),
-		"[%d] %s %c %s\n", (int)s->log.self, time_buf, c[level], msg);
+		"[%d] %s %c %s\n", (int)s->log.self, time_buf, letter, msg);
 
 	/* write to log and maybe flush to disk. */
 	ret = write(s->log.fd, line, line_sz);
diff --git a/src/slog.h b/src/slog.h
index 9400702..14d9c66 100644
--- a/src/slog.h
+++ b/src/slog.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ typedef enum {
 	WEBDIS_NOTICE,
 	WEBDIS_INFO,
 	WEBDIS_DEBUG,
-	WEBDIS_TRACE
+	WEBDIS_TRACE = 8
 } log_level;
 
 typedef enum {