diff --git a/internal/conf/loglevel.go b/internal/conf/loglevel.go
index d942ccba..01494174 100644
--- a/internal/conf/loglevel.go
+++ b/internal/conf/loglevel.go
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ func (d LogLevel) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 	var out string
 
 	switch d {
+	case LogLevel(logger.Error):
+		out = "error"
+
 	case LogLevel(logger.Warn):
 		out = "warn"
 
@@ -36,6 +39,9 @@ func (d *LogLevel) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {
 	}
 
 	switch in {
+	case "error":
+		*d = LogLevel(logger.Error)
+
 	case "warn":
 		*d = LogLevel(logger.Warn)
 
diff --git a/rtsp-simple-server.yml b/rtsp-simple-server.yml
index f4c283d1..0cc0eb32 100644
--- a/rtsp-simple-server.yml
+++ b/rtsp-simple-server.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 ###############################################
 # General parameters
 
-# sets the verbosity of the program; available values are "warn", "info", "debug".
+# sets the verbosity of the program; available values are "error", "warn", "info", "debug".
 logLevel: info
 # destinations of log messages; available values are "stdout", "file" and "syslog".
 logDestinations: [stdout]