diff --git a/daemon/call.c b/daemon/call.c
index 87a48885f..397d521c6 100644
--- a/daemon/call.c
+++ b/daemon/call.c
@@ -2107,7 +2107,7 @@ static struct call *call_create(const str *callid, struct callmaster *m) {
 	struct call *c;
 
 	ilog(LOG_NOTICE, "["STR_FORMAT"] Creating new call",
-		STR_FMT(callid));	/* XXX will spam syslog on recovery from DB */
+		STR_FMT(callid));
 	c = obj_alloc0("call", sizeof(*c), __call_free);
 	c->callmaster = m;
 	mutex_init(&c->buffer_lock);
diff --git a/daemon/log.c b/daemon/log.c
index 39b1f53ee..687ffb74d 100644
--- a/daemon/log.c
+++ b/daemon/log.c
@@ -17,10 +17,18 @@ void ilog(int prio, const char *fmt, ...) {
 	char prefix[256];
 	char *msg;
 	va_list ap;
-	int ret;
+	int ret, xprio;
 
-	if (prio > g_atomic_int_get(&log_level))
+	xprio = LOG_LEVEL_MASK(prio);
+
+#ifndef __DEBUG
+	int level; /* thank you C99 */
+	level = g_atomic_int_get(&log_level);
+	if (xprio > LOG_LEVEL_MASK(level))
+		return;
+	if ((level & LOG_FLAG_RESTORE) && !(prio & LOG_FLAG_RESTORE))
 		return;
+#endif
 
 	switch (log_info.e) {
 		case LOG_INFO_NONE:
@@ -47,7 +55,7 @@ void ilog(int prio, const char *fmt, ...) {
 		return;
 	}
 
-	syslog(prio, "%s%s", prefix, msg);
+	syslog(xprio, "%s%s", prefix, msg);
 
 	free(msg);
 }
diff --git a/daemon/log.h b/daemon/log.h
index baba54655..fa6db2e1d 100644
--- a/daemon/log.h
+++ b/daemon/log.h
@@ -76,5 +76,10 @@ INLINE void log_info_stream_fd(struct stream_fd *sfd) {
 #define LOG_WARN LOG_WARNING
 
 
+#define LOG_LEVEL_MASK(v)	((v) & 0x0f)
+
+#define LOG_FLAG_RESTORE	0x10
+
+
 
 #endif