diff --git a/src/daemonitor/200_log.c b/src/daemonitor/200_log.c
index 2a5c545..b82ecea 100644
--- a/src/daemonitor/200_log.c
+++ b/src/daemonitor/200_log.c
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ void log_func_syslog(int level, const char* fmt, ...)
 
     /* log to syslog */
     va_start(va, fmt);
-    syslog(level, fmt, va);
+    vsyslog(level, fmt, va);
     va_end(va);
 }