diff --git a/config/setup/errors.go b/config/setup/errors.go
index a75b621ac..58f22dfa5 100644
--- a/config/setup/errors.go
+++ b/config/setup/errors.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func Errors(c *Controller) (middleware.Middleware, error) {
 		} else if handler.LogFile == "stderr" {
 			file = os.Stderr
 		} else if handler.LogFile == "syslog" {
-			file, err = gsyslog.NewLogger(gsyslog.LOG_ERR, "SYSLOG", "caddy")
+			file, err = gsyslog.NewLogger(gsyslog.LOG_ERR, "LOCAL0", "caddy")
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
diff --git a/config/setup/log.go b/config/setup/log.go
index e1e864ec9..0c15c3d0f 100644
--- a/config/setup/log.go
+++ b/config/setup/log.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ func Log(c *Controller) (middleware.Middleware, error) {
 			} else if rules[i].OutputFile == "stderr" {
 				file = os.Stderr
 			} else if rules[i].OutputFile == "syslog" {
-				file, err = gsyslog.NewLogger(gsyslog.LOG_INFO, "SYSLOG", "caddy")
+				file, err = gsyslog.NewLogger(gsyslog.LOG_INFO, "LOCAL0", "caddy")
 				if err != nil {
 					return err
 				}