diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 39173ac..ed43de8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -22,9 +22,19 @@ Then just run the binary which you can compile yourself, download from `Releases
 
 ### Logging
 
-Set the log level with environment variable `Q3RCON_LOGLEVEL`:
+Set the log level with environment variable `Q3RCON_LOGLEVEL`.
 
-`0 = Panic, 1 = Fatal, 2 = Error, 3 = Warning, 4 = Info, 5 = Debug, 6 = Trace`
+Acceptable values are:
+
+- `trace`
+- `debug`
+- `info`
+- `warn`
+- `error`
+- `fatal`
+- `panic`
+
+If not set it will default to `info`.
 
 ### Special Thanks
 
diff --git a/cmd/q3rcon-proxy/main.go b/cmd/q3rcon-proxy/main.go
index 062c8f7..f5c4388 100644
--- a/cmd/q3rcon-proxy/main.go
+++ b/cmd/q3rcon-proxy/main.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package main
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
-	"slices"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -13,13 +12,16 @@ import (
 )
 
 func main() {
-	logLevel, err := getEnvInt("Q3RCON_LOGLEVEL")
+	loglevel := os.Getenv("Q3RCON_LOGLEVEL")
+	if loglevel == "" {
+		loglevel = "info"
+	}
+	level, err := log.ParseLevel(loglevel)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("unable to parse Q3RCON_LEVEL: %s", err.Error())
-	}
-	if slices.Contains(log.AllLevels, log.Level(logLevel)) {
-		log.SetLevel(log.Level(logLevel))
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Invalid log level: %s\n", loglevel)
+		os.Exit(1)
 	}
+	log.SetLevel(level)
 
 	proxyHost := os.Getenv("Q3RCON_PROXY_HOST")
 	if proxyHost == "" {