diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 3c4d8afd..9840890e 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -2882,6 +2882,7 @@ Christopher Reimer <reimer.christopher@freenet.de>
  for making plugin Makefiles use DESTDIR and the 'install' program
  for suggesting to make sure that plugins include the VDR header files from the actual
  VDR source directory when doing "make plugins"
+ for reverting the change from version 1.5.7 that made all logging go to LOG_ERR
 
 Stefan Huskamp <coca_cola1@gmx.de>
  for suggesting to make entering characters via the number keys
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 175eb2de..b56c4bd1 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -7882,3 +7882,5 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - All bonded devices (except for the master) now turn off their LNB power completely
   to avoid problems when receiving vertically polarized transponders (suggested by
   Manfred Völkel and Oliver Endriss).
+- Reverted the change from version 1.5.7 that made all logging go to LOG_ERR (thanks
+  to Christopher Reimer).
diff --git a/tools.h b/tools.h
index 9618efa2..9cfd152b 100644
--- a/tools.h
+++ b/tools.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: tools.h 3.1 2013/08/21 08:49:48 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: tools.h 3.2 2013/08/23 10:32:51 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #ifndef __TOOLS_H
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ typedef unsigned char uchar;
 
 extern int SysLogLevel;
 
-#define esyslog(a...) void( (SysLogLevel > 0) ? syslog_with_tid(LOG_ERR, a) : void() )
-#define isyslog(a...) void( (SysLogLevel > 1) ? syslog_with_tid(LOG_ERR, a) : void() )
-#define dsyslog(a...) void( (SysLogLevel > 2) ? syslog_with_tid(LOG_ERR, a) : void() )
+#define esyslog(a...) void( (SysLogLevel > 0) ? syslog_with_tid(LOG_ERR,   a) : void() )
+#define isyslog(a...) void( (SysLogLevel > 1) ? syslog_with_tid(LOG_INFO,  a) : void() )
+#define dsyslog(a...) void( (SysLogLevel > 2) ? syslog_with_tid(LOG_DEBUG, a) : void() )
 
 #define LOG_ERROR         esyslog("ERROR (%s,%d): %m", __FILE__, __LINE__)
 #define LOG_ERROR_STR(s)  esyslog("ERROR (%s,%d): %s: %m", __FILE__, __LINE__, s)