diff --git a/fasthttp.go b/fasthttp.go
index 8028cd0..6c82f68 100644
--- a/fasthttp.go
+++ b/fasthttp.go
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ package log
 type FHLogger struct{}
 
 func (fhl FHLogger) Printf(format string, v ...interface{}) {
-	logger.Printf(format, v...)
+	Printf(format, v...)
 }
diff --git a/logger.go b/logger.go
index b9febab..726041f 100644
--- a/logger.go
+++ b/logger.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ var logger, _ = newZerolog(
 		Format: FormatText,
 		Caller: &CallerConfig{CallerSkipFrames: standAloneCallerSkipFrames},
 	},
-	nil,
+	os.Stdout,
 )
 
 // set global Zerolog logger
diff --git a/nsqd.go b/nsqd.go
index 965313b..1fabf30 100644
--- a/nsqd.go
+++ b/nsqd.go
@@ -5,15 +5,13 @@ import (
 )
 
 type NSQLogger struct {
-	logger zerolog.Logger
-	level  zerolog.Level
+	level zerolog.Level
 }
 
 func NewNSQLogger(logLevel string) NSQLogger {
-	l := Logger()
 	lvl, _ := zerolog.ParseLevel(logLevel)
 
-	return NSQLogger{logger: l, level: lvl}
+	return NSQLogger{level: lvl}
 }
 
 func (nl NSQLogger) Output(calldepth int, s string) error {
@@ -21,3 +19,30 @@ func (nl NSQLogger) Output(calldepth int, s string) error {
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+func (nl NSQLogger) LogLevel() int {
+	return nsqLogLvlFromZerologLogLvl(nl.level)
+}
+
+func nsqLogLvlFromZerologLogLvl(level zerolog.Level) int {
+	var nsqlLL int
+
+	switch level {
+	case zerolog.TraceLevel:
+	case zerolog.DebugLevel:
+		nsqlLL = 0
+	case zerolog.InfoLevel:
+		nsqlLL = 1
+	case zerolog.WarnLevel:
+		nsqlLL = 2
+	case zerolog.ErrorLevel:
+	case zerolog.FatalLevel:
+	case zerolog.PanicLevel:
+		nsqlLL = 3
+	case zerolog.NoLevel:
+	case zerolog.Disabled:
+		nsqlLL = 4
+	}
+
+	return nsqlLL
+}