diff --git a/EssentialsGroupManager/src/org/anjocaido/groupmanager/GMConfiguration.java b/EssentialsGroupManager/src/org/anjocaido/groupmanager/GMConfiguration.java
index 95fd35eb0..4fcd0a554 100644
--- a/EssentialsGroupManager/src/org/anjocaido/groupmanager/GMConfiguration.java
+++ b/EssentialsGroupManager/src/org/anjocaido/groupmanager/GMConfiguration.java
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ public class GMConfiguration {
 
 			Object level = ((Map<String, String>) getElement("settings", GMconfig).get("logging")).get("level");
 			if (level instanceof String)
-				level = (String) level;
+				loggerLevel = (String) level;
 
 			/*
 			 * Store our mirrors map for parsing later.
diff --git a/EssentialsGroupManager/src/org/anjocaido/groupmanager/GroupManager.java b/EssentialsGroupManager/src/org/anjocaido/groupmanager/GroupManager.java
index 8298988e6..3236b9b84 100644
--- a/EssentialsGroupManager/src/org/anjocaido/groupmanager/GroupManager.java
+++ b/EssentialsGroupManager/src/org/anjocaido/groupmanager/GroupManager.java
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ public class GroupManager extends JavaPlugin {
 				ch = new GMLoggerHandler();
 				GroupManager.logger.addHandler(ch);
 			}
-			logger.setLevel(Level.ALL);
+			GroupManager.logger.setLevel(Level.ALL);
 
 			// Create the backup folder, if it doesn't exist.
 			prepareFileFields();