diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm
index 2c789c5bf..3522c8c8a 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm
@@ -7491,7 +7491,7 @@ sub expand_rule( $$$$$$$$$$$$;$ )
 	    $loglevel = validate_level( $loglevel );
 	    $logtag   = '' unless defined $logtag;
 	}
-    } elsif ( $disposition eq 'LOG' ) {
+    } elsif ( $disposition eq 'LOG' && ! $usergenerated ) {
 	fatal_error "LOG requires a level";
     }
     #
diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
index 186215327..0ddd19910 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
@@ -2212,7 +2212,10 @@ sub split_line2( $$;$$$ ) {
 	$pairs = '';
     }
 
-    fatal_error "Shorewall Configuration file entries may not contain double quotes, single back quotes or backslashes" if $columns =~ /["`\\]/;
+    unless ( $currline =~ /^\s*IP6?TABLES\(.*\)/ ) {
+	fatal_error "Shorewall Configuration file entries may not contain double quotes, single back quotes or backslashes" if $columns =~ /["`\\]/;
+    }
+
     fatal_error "Non-ASCII gunk in file" if $columns =~ /[^\s[:print:]]/;
 
     my @line = split_columns( $columns );