diff --git a/src/lib/utils/log.cpp b/src/lib/utils/log.cpp
index 59d7cfa8..41fa2827 100644
--- a/src/lib/utils/log.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/utils/log.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <time.h>
 #include <sys/time.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
+#include <string.h>
 #include "clock.h"
 
 using namespace std;
@@ -57,38 +58,65 @@ static FILE* logFile = stdout;
 
 bool setLogFacilities(const char* facilities)
 {
-	char *opt = (char*)facilities, *value = NULL;
+	char *input = strdup(facilities);
+	char *opt = (char*)input, *value = NULL;
 	int newFacilites = 0;
 	while (*opt) {
 		int val = getsubopt(&opt, (char *const *)facilityNames, &value);
-		if (val < 0 || val > lf_COUNT || value)
+		if (val < 0 || val > lf_COUNT || value) {
+			free(input);
 			return false;
-		if (val == lf_COUNT) {
-			newFacilites = LF_ALL;
-			break;
 		}
-		newFacilites |= 1<<val;
+		if (val == lf_COUNT)
+			newFacilites = LF_ALL;
+		else
+			newFacilites |= 1<<val;
 	}
-
 	logFacilites = newFacilites;
+	free(input);
+	return true;
+}
+
+bool getLogFacilities(char* buffer)
+{
+	if (logFacilites==LF_ALL)
+		return strcpy(buffer, facilityNames[lf_COUNT]) != NULL;
+	*buffer = 0; // for strcat to work
+	bool found = false;
+	for (int val=0; val<lf_COUNT; val++) {
+		if (logFacilites&(1<<val)) {
+			if (found)
+				strcat(buffer, ",");
+			found = true;
+			strcat(buffer, facilityNames[val]);
+		}
+	}
 	return true;
 }
 
 bool setLogLevel(const char* level)
 {
-	char *opt = (char*)level, *value = NULL;
+	char *input = strdup(level);
+	char *opt = (char*)input, *value = NULL;
 	int newLevel = 0;
 	if (*opt) {
 		int val = getsubopt(&opt, (char *const *)levelNames, &value);
-		if (val < 0 || val >= ll_COUNT || value || *opt)
+		if (val < 0 || val >= ll_COUNT || value || *opt) {
+			free(input);
 			return false;
+		}
 		newLevel = val;
 	}
-
 	logLevel = (LogLevel)newLevel;
+	free(input);
 	return true;
 }
 
+const char* getLogLevel()
+{
+	return levelNames[logLevel];
+}
+
 bool setLogFile(const char* filename)
 {
 	FILE* newFile = fopen(filename, "a");
diff --git a/src/lib/utils/log.h b/src/lib/utils/log.h
index 8c740e7b..091ff834 100644
--- a/src/lib/utils/log.h
+++ b/src/lib/utils/log.h
@@ -50,6 +50,13 @@ enum LogLevel {
  */
 bool setLogFacilities(const char* facilities);
 
+/**
+ * Get the log facilities.
+ * @param buffer the buffer into which the facilities are written to (separated by comma, buffer needs to be at last 32 characters long).
+ * @return true on success, false on error.
+ */
+bool getLogFacilities(char* buffer);
+
 /**
  * Parse the log level from the string.
  * @param level the level as string.
@@ -57,6 +64,12 @@ bool setLogFacilities(const char* facilities);
  */
 bool setLogLevel(const char* level);
 
+/**
+ * Get the log level.
+ * @return the level as string.
+ */
+const char* getLogLevel();
+
 /**
  * Set the log file to use.
  * @param filename the name of the log file to use.