diff --git a/common/src/app/common/logging.cljc b/common/src/app/common/logging.cljc
index db7bafe0c8..81b4dd4131 100644
--- a/common/src/app/common/logging.cljc
+++ b/common/src/app/common/logging.cljc
@@ -128,7 +128,9 @@
     :warn  "#f5871f"
     :info  "#4271ae"
     :debug "#969896"
-    :trace "#8e908c"))
+    :trace "#8e908c"
+    (let [hint (str "invalid level provided to `level->color` function: " (pr-str level))]
+      (throw (ex-info hint {:level level})))))
 
 (defn- level->name
   [level]
@@ -137,7 +139,9 @@
     :trace "TRC"
     :info  "INF"
     :warn   "WRN"
-    :error "ERR"))
+    :error "ERR"
+    (let [hint (str "invalid level provided to `level->name` function: " (pr-str level))]
+      (throw (ex-info hint {:level level})))))
 
 (defn level->int
   [level]
@@ -146,7 +150,9 @@
     :debug 20
     :info 30
     :warn 40
-    :error 50))
+    :error 50
+    (let [hint (str "invalid level provided to `level->int` function: " (pr-str level))]
+      (throw (ex-info hint {:level level})))))
 
 (defn build-message
   [props]