diff --git a/gitops_router.sh b/gitops_router.sh
index a21250e..3ceffb0 100644
--- a/gitops_router.sh
+++ b/gitops_router.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,13 @@ log() {
   echo "[$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')] [$level] $*" | tee -a "$LOG_FILE"
 }
 
-log info "Received SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND: $SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND"
+logO() {
+  local level="${1^^}" # convert to uppercase
+  shift
+  echo "[$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')] [$level] $*" >>"$LOG_FILE"
+}
+
+logO info "Received SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND: $SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND"
 
 if [[ "${SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND:-}" == "scp -t $ALLOWED_PATH" ]]; then
   eval "$SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND"