diff --git a/src/ucore_logging.c b/src/ucore_logging.c
index c019fb5..8d16dc1 100644
--- a/src/ucore_logging.c
+++ b/src/ucore_logging.c
@@ -347,19 +347,19 @@ static inline void uc_vlog_syslog(const struct uc_log_args *args, const char *fm
     
     int pri = uc_ll_2_syslog(args->log_level);
 
-    //go via a buffer as we must do just 1 syslog call
-    char buf[4096];
-    int offset = 0;
 
-    buf[0] = 0;
     if(!args->raw) {
+        //go via a buffer as we must do just 1 syslog call
+        char buf[4096];
+        int offset = 0;
         int rc;
+
+        buf[0] = 0;
         if(dest->log_location) {
             rc = snprintf(buf, sizeof buf, "%s:%d ", args->file, args->line);
             if(rc < 0)
                 goto log;
             offset += rc;
-                
         }
 
         rc = snprintf(&buf[offset], sizeof buf - (size_t)offset, "[%s] ", 
@@ -367,11 +367,16 @@ static inline void uc_vlog_syslog(const struct uc_log_args *args, const char *fm
         if(rc < 0)
             goto log;
         offset +=rc;
-    }
 
-    vsnprintf(&buf[offset], sizeof buf - (size_t)offset, fmt, ap);
 log:
-    syslog(pri, "%s", buf);
+        vsnprintf(&buf[offset], sizeof buf - (size_t)offset, fmt, ap);
+        syslog(pri, "%s", buf);
+
+    } else { //raw logging
+
+        vsyslog(pri, fmt, ap);
+
+    }
 }
 
 void uc_logf(int log_level, int module, int raw,