diff --git a/src/IRCBot.py b/src/IRCBot.py
index 052aa346..5fac86c7 100644
--- a/src/IRCBot.py
+++ b/src/IRCBot.py
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ class Bot(object):
         callback = None
 
         if not reason == None:
-            self.log.error("panic() called: %s", [reason])
+            self.log.critical("panic() called: %s", [reason])
 
         exception = sys.exc_info()[1]
         if exception: