diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index 9758cfd..be609c2 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -211,10 +211,13 @@ pub fn main() !void {
                 iperf3_log.err("error from iperf3: {s}", .{err});
                 level = loki.LogLevel.@"error";
             }
-        } else |err| switch (err) {
-            error.UnknownField => iperf3_log.err("unknown field parsing json {d}", .{timestamp}),
-            error.UnexpectedEndOfInput => iperf3_log.err("unexpected end of input parsing json {d}", .{timestamp}),
-            else => iperf3_log.err("other error while parsing json {} {d}", .{ err, timestamp }),
+        } else |err| {
+            switch (err) {
+                error.UnknownField => iperf3_log.err("unknown field parsing json {d}", .{timestamp}),
+                error.UnexpectedEndOfInput => iperf3_log.err("unexpected end of input parsing json {d}", .{timestamp}),
+                else => iperf3_log.err("other error while parsing json {} {d}", .{ err, timestamp }),
+            }
+            level = loki.LogLevel.@"error";
         }
 
         // var line = std.ArrayList(u8).init(allocator);