diff --git a/phpgwapi/js/jsapi/egw_debug.js b/phpgwapi/js/jsapi/egw_debug.js
index cf7261ddb6..76b7db68a2 100644
--- a/phpgwapi/js/jsapi/egw_debug.js
+++ b/phpgwapi/js/jsapi/egw_debug.js
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ egw.extend('debug', egw.MODULE_GLOBAL, function(_app, _wnd) {
 				}
 			}
 			// raise errors to user, if LOCAL_LOG_LEVEL > 0
-			if (LOCAL_LOG_LEVEL_level == "error") raise_error(args);
+			if (LOCAL_LOG_LEVEL && _level == "error") raise_error(args);
 
 			// log to html5 localStorage
 			if (typeof stack != 'undefined') args.pop();	// remove stacktrace again