diff --git a/Shorewall2/changelog.txt b/Shorewall2/changelog.txt
index 032817cd3..0f0c2e3fd 100644
--- a/Shorewall2/changelog.txt
+++ b/Shorewall2/changelog.txt
@@ -56,3 +56,5 @@ Changes since 2.0.3
 26) Allow source port remapping in /etc/shorewall/masq.
 
 27) Include params file on 'restore'
+
+28) Apply Richard Musil's patch.
diff --git a/Shorewall2/firewall b/Shorewall2/firewall
index 157a4e6d7..4d593fa4e 100755
--- a/Shorewall2/firewall
+++ b/Shorewall2/firewall
@@ -3848,10 +3848,10 @@ process_rule() # $1 = target
 	    expandv logtag
 	fi
 
-	if [ $loglevel = none ]; then
+	if [ "$loglevel" = none ]; then
+	    [ "$target" = LOG ] && return
 	    loglevel=
 	    logtag=
-	    [ $target = LOG ] && return
 	fi
 
 	loglevel=${loglevel%\!}	
diff --git a/Shorewall2/releasenotes.txt b/Shorewall2/releasenotes.txt
index 5a7123f6d..44c82fb11 100755
--- a/Shorewall2/releasenotes.txt
+++ b/Shorewall2/releasenotes.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Shorewall 2.1.7
+Shorewall 2.1.8
 
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 Problems Corrected since 2.0.3
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ Problems corrected since 2.1.6
 1)  Dynamic zones marked as 'ipsec' in /etc/shorewall/ipsec now work
     correctly.
 
+Problems corrected since 2.1.7
+
+1)  Fix parsing of ACTION with ":" but no log level (Richard Musil).
+
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 Issues when migrating from Shorewall 2.0 to Shorewall 2.1: