diff --git a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm
index 859b286b7..8196acdd1 100644
--- a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm
+++ b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm
@@ -1120,9 +1120,9 @@ sub log_rule_limit( $$$$$$$$ ) {
     }
 
     if ( $level eq 'ULOG' ) {
-	$prefix = "-j ULOG $globals{LOGPARMS} --ulog-prefix \"$prefix\" ";
+	$prefix = "-j ULOG $globals{LOGPARMS}--ulog-prefix \"$prefix\" ";
     } else {
-	$prefix = "-j LOG $globals{LOGPARMS} --log-level $level --log-prefix \"$prefix\" ";
+	$prefix = "-j LOG $globals{LOGPARMS}--log-level $level --log-prefix \"$prefix\" ";
     }
 
     if ( $command eq 'add' ) {
diff --git a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Rules.pm b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Rules.pm
index 1fe79f6e5..b90e3208b 100644
--- a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Rules.pm
+++ b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Rules.pm
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ sub add_common_rules() {
 
 	    my $savelogparms = $globals{LOGPARMS};
 
-	    $globals{LOGPARMS} = "$globals{LOGPARMS} --log-ip-options" unless $config{TCP_FLAGS_LOG_LEVEL} eq 'ULOG';
+	    $globals{LOGPARMS} = "$globals{LOGPARMS}--log-ip-options " unless $config{TCP_FLAGS_LOG_LEVEL} eq 'ULOG';
 
 	    log_rule $config{TCP_FLAGS_LOG_LEVEL} , $logflagsref , $config{TCP_FLAGS_DISPOSITION}, '';