diff --git a/hlog/levels.go b/hlog/levels.go
index de0bc1b..52bfcfe 100644
--- a/hlog/levels.go
+++ b/hlog/levels.go
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 package hlog
 
-import "github.com/rs/zerolog"
+import (
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
+)
 
 type Level = zerolog.Level
 
 // Takes a log level as string and converts it to a Level interface.
 // If the string is not a valid input it will return InfoLevel
-func LogLevel(level string) Level {
+// Valid levels: trace, debug, info, warn, error, fatal, panic
+func LogLevel(level string) (Level, error) {
 	levels := map[string]zerolog.Level{
 		"trace": zerolog.TraceLevel,
 		"debug": zerolog.DebugLevel,
@@ -18,7 +22,7 @@ func LogLevel(level string) Level {
 	}
 	logLevel, valid := levels[level]
 	if !valid {
-		return zerolog.InfoLevel
+		return 0, errors.New("Invalid log level specified.")
 	}
-	return logLevel
+	return logLevel, nil
 }