diff --git a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Config.pm b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
index 3fd588dc0..a160bc287 100644
--- a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
+++ b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ sub default_log_level( $$ ) {
 
     my $value = $config{$level};
 
-    unless ( defined $value ) {
+    unless ( defined $value && $value ne '' ) {
 	$config{$level} = $default;
     } else {
 	$config{$level} = validate_level $value;
@@ -935,7 +935,7 @@ sub get_configuration( $ ) {
     default_log_level 'BLACKLIST_LOGLEVEL',  '';
     default_log_level 'MACLIST_LOG_LEVEL',   '';
     default_log_level 'TCP_FLAGS_LOG_LEVEL', '';
-    default_log_level 'RFC1918_LOG_LEVEL',   6;
+    default_log_level 'RFC1918_LOG_LEVEL',    6;
     default_log_level 'SMURF_LOG_LEVEL',     '';
     default_log_level 'LOGALLNEW',           '';
 
diff --git a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Policy.pm b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Policy.pm
index 5dda40504..0b29974b6 100644
--- a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Policy.pm
+++ b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Policy.pm
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ sub complete_standard_chain ( $$$ ) {
     run_user_exit $stdchainref;
 
     my $ruleschainref = $filter_table->{"${zone}2${zone2}"};
-    my ( $policy, $loglevel, $default ) = ( 'DROP', 'info', $config{DROP_DEFAULT} );
+    my ( $policy, $loglevel, $default ) = ( 'DROP', 6, $config{DROP_DEFAULT} );
     my $policychainref;
 
     $policychainref = $ruleschainref->{policychain} if $ruleschainref;
diff --git a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Rules.pm b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Rules.pm
index f0d3cba1e..a4b2f441a 100644
--- a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Rules.pm
+++ b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Rules.pm
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ sub add_common_rules() {
 
     my $rejectref = new_standard_chain 'reject';
 
-    $level = $globals{BLACKLIST_LOG_LEVEL} || 'info';
+    $level = $config{BLACKLIST_LOGLEVEL};
 
     add_rule_pair new_standard_chain( 'logdrop' ),   ' ' , 'DROP'   , $level ;
     add_rule_pair new_standard_chain( 'logreject' ), ' ' , 'REJECT' , $level ;