diff --git a/forumspam.sh b/forumspam.sh
index 5732ccf..75e4b68 100755
--- a/forumspam.sh
+++ b/forumspam.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ if ! grep -q '<appears>yes</appears>' $repl; then
 fi
 freq=`grep '<frequency>' $repl | sed 's/<frequency>//; s!</frequency>!!'`
 if [ "$freq" -ge 1 ]; then
-	if ufw deny from $ip >/dev/null; then
+	if ufw deny from $ip >/dev/null 2>>$logf; then
 		echo `date` blocked ip $ip with freq $freq >> $logf
 		rm $repl
 		exit 0