diff --git a/caddy/caddy_test.go b/caddy/caddy_test.go
index 5f95c0ab3..e359e3d4b 100644
--- a/caddy/caddy_test.go
+++ b/caddy/caddy_test.go
@@ -1472,3 +1472,31 @@ func TestDd(t *testing.T) {
 		"dump123",
 	)
 }
+
+func TestLog(t *testing.T) {
+	tester := caddytest.NewTester(t)
+	tester.InitServer(`
+		{
+			skip_install_trust
+			admin localhost:2999
+		}
+
+		http://localhost:`+testPort+` {
+			log {
+				output stdout
+				format json
+			}
+
+			root ../testdata
+			php_server {
+				worker ../testdata/log-frankenphp_log.php
+			}
+		}
+		`, "caddyfile")
+
+	tester.AssertGetResponse(
+		"http://localhost:"+testPort+"/log-frankenphp_log.php?i=0",
+		http.StatusOK,
+		"",
+	)
+}
diff --git a/frankenphp.c b/frankenphp.c
index a6772a86e..d048e576b 100644
--- a/frankenphp.c
+++ b/frankenphp.c
@@ -554,10 +554,10 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(frankenphp_log) {
   zend_long level = 0;
   zval *context = NULL;
 
-  ZEND_PARSE_PARAMETERS_START(2, 3)
+  ZEND_PARSE_PARAMETERS_START(1, 3)
   Z_PARAM_STR(message)
-  Z_PARAM_LONG(level)
   Z_PARAM_OPTIONAL
+  Z_PARAM_LONG(level)
   Z_PARAM_ARRAY(context)
   ZEND_PARSE_PARAMETERS_END();
 
diff --git a/frankenphp_test.go b/frankenphp_test.go
index d5368d145..8c6f3c90d 100644
--- a/frankenphp_test.go
+++ b/frankenphp_test.go
@@ -447,6 +447,7 @@ func testLog_frankenphp_log(t *testing.T, opts *testOptions) {
 
 		logs := buf.String()
 		for _, message := range []string{
+			`level=INFO msg="default level message"`,
 			fmt.Sprintf(`level=DEBUG msg="some debug message %d" "key int"=1`, i),
 			fmt.Sprintf(`level=INFO msg="some info message %d" "key string"=string`, i),
 			fmt.Sprintf(`level=WARN msg="some warn message %d"`, i),
diff --git a/testdata/log-frankenphp_log.php b/testdata/log-frankenphp_log.php
index ab587f6e6..244a6f215 100644
--- a/testdata/log-frankenphp_log.php
+++ b/testdata/log-frankenphp_log.php
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 require_once __DIR__.'/_executor.php';
 
+frankenphp_log("default level message");
+
 return function () {
 	frankenphp_log("some debug message {$_GET['i']}", FRANKENPHP_LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG, [
 		"key int"    => 1,