diff --git a/core/commoncmd/daemon_log.go b/core/commoncmd/daemon_log.go
index 13337407d..97fffed5b 100644
--- a/core/commoncmd/daemon_log.go
+++ b/core/commoncmd/daemon_log.go
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ func NewCmdDaemonLog() *cobra.Command {
 	flags := cmd.Flags()
 	FlagNodeSelector(flags, &options.NodeSelector)
 	FlagDaemonLogLevel(flags, &options.Level)
+	_ = cmd.MarkFlagRequired("level")
+
 	return cmd
 }
 
diff --git a/core/commoncmd/flags.go b/core/commoncmd/flags.go
index ed6adf083..5c162c592 100644
--- a/core/commoncmd/flags.go
+++ b/core/commoncmd/flags.go
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ func FlagDaemonListenerName(flags *pflag.FlagSet, p *string) {
 }
 
 func FlagDaemonLogLevel(flags *pflag.FlagSet, p *string) {
-	flags.StringVar(p, "level", "", "trace, debug, info, warn, error, fatal, panic")
+	flags.StringVar(p, "level", "", "trace, debug, info, warn, error, fatal, panic, none")
 }
 
 func FlagDepth(flags *pflag.FlagSet, p *int) {
diff --git a/daemon/daemonapi/post_daemon_log_control.go b/daemon/daemonapi/post_daemon_log_control.go
index 99d306333..3207d32e2 100644
--- a/daemon/daemonapi/post_daemon_log_control.go
+++ b/daemon/daemonapi/post_daemon_log_control.go
@@ -29,8 +29,13 @@ func (a *DaemonAPI) PostDaemonLogControl(ctx echo.Context, nodename string) erro
 
 func (a *DaemonAPI) postLocalDaemonLogControl(ctx echo.Context, payload api.LogControl) error {
 	var level string
-	if payload.Level != "none" {
-		level = string(payload.Level)
+	switch payload.Level {
+	case "":
+		return JSONProblemf(ctx, http.StatusBadRequest, "Invalid body", "missing 'level' field")
+	case "none":
+		// NoLevel
+	default:
+		level = payload.Level
 	}
 	newLevel, err := zerolog.ParseLevel(level)
 	if err != nil {