diff --git a/cmd/cc-backend/cli.go b/cmd/cc-backend/cli.go
index 8bc6681..8d9e7e6 100644
--- a/cmd/cc-backend/cli.go
+++ b/cmd/cc-backend/cli.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ var (
 )
 
 func cliInit() {
-	flag.BoolVar(&flagInit, "init", false, "Setup var directory, initialize swlite database file, config.json and .env")
+	flag.BoolVar(&flagInit, "init", false, "Setup var directory, initialize sqlite database file, config.json and .env")
 	flag.BoolVar(&flagReinitDB, "init-db", false, "Go through job-archive and re-initialize the 'job', 'tag', and 'jobtag' tables (all running jobs will be lost!)")
 	flag.BoolVar(&flagSyncLDAP, "sync-ldap", false, "Sync the 'hpc_user' table with ldap")
 	flag.BoolVar(&flagServer, "server", false, "Start a server, continues listening on port after initialization and argument handling")
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ func cliInit() {
 	flag.BoolVar(&flagForceDB, "force-db", false, "Force database version, clear dirty flag and exit")
 	flag.BoolVar(&flagLogDateTime, "logdate", false, "Set this flag to add date and time to log messages")
 	flag.StringVar(&flagConfigFile, "config", "./config.json", "Specify alternative path to `config.json`")
-	flag.StringVar(&flagNewUser, "add-user", "", "Add a new user. Argument format: `<username>:[admin,support,manager,api,user]:<password>`")
-	flag.StringVar(&flagDelUser, "del-user", "", "Remove user by `username`")
+	flag.StringVar(&flagNewUser, "add-user", "", "Add a new user. Argument format: <username>:[admin,support,manager,api,user]:<password>")
+	flag.StringVar(&flagDelUser, "del-user", "", "Remove a existing user. Argument format: <username>")
 	flag.StringVar(&flagGenJWT, "jwt", "", "Generate and print a JWT for the user specified by its `username`")
 	flag.StringVar(&flagImportJob, "import-job", "", "Import a job. Argument format: `<path-to-meta.json>:<path-to-data.json>,...`")
-	flag.StringVar(&flagLogLevel, "loglevel", "warn", "Sets the logging level: `[debug,info,warn (default),err,fatal,crit]`")
+	flag.StringVar(&flagLogLevel, "loglevel", "warn", "Sets the logging level: `[debug, info (default), warn, err, crit]`")
 	flag.Parse()
 }
diff --git a/pkg/log/log.go b/pkg/log/log.go
index a4e7703..ef14535 100644
--- a/pkg/log/log.go
+++ b/pkg/log/log.go
@@ -46,12 +46,12 @@ var loglevel string = "info"
 /* CONFIG */
 
 func Init(lvl string, logdate bool) {
-
+	// Discard I/O for all writers below selected loglevel; <CRITICAL> is always written.
 	switch lvl {
 	case "crit":
 		ErrWriter = io.Discard
 		fallthrough
-	case "err", "fatal":
+	case "err":
 		WarnWriter = io.Discard
 		fallthrough
 	case "warn":
@@ -63,8 +63,7 @@ func Init(lvl string, logdate bool) {
 		// Nothing to do...
 		break
 	default:
-		fmt.Printf("pkg/log: Flag 'loglevel' has invalid value %#v\npkg/log: Will use default loglevel 'debug'\n", lvl)
-		//SetLogLevel("debug")
+		fmt.Printf("pkg/log: Flag 'loglevel' has invalid value %#v\npkg/log: Will use default loglevel '%s'\n", lvl, loglevel)
 	}
 
 	if !logdate {
@@ -107,20 +106,20 @@ func printfStr(format string, v ...interface{}) string {
 // Prints to STDOUT without string formatting; application continues.
 // Used for special cases not requiring log information like date or location.
 func Print(v ...interface{}) {
-	fmt.Fprint(os.Stdout, v...)
+	fmt.Fprintln(os.Stdout, v...)
 }
 
 // Prints to STDOUT without string formatting; application exits with error code 0.
 // Used for exiting succesfully with message after expected outcome, e.g. successful single-call application runs.
 func Exit(v ...interface{}) {
-	fmt.Fprint(os.Stdout, v...)
+	fmt.Fprintln(os.Stdout, v...)
 	os.Exit(0)
 }
 
 // Prints to STDOUT without string formatting; application exits with error code 1.
 // Used for terminating with message after to be expected errors, e.g. wrong arguments or during init().
 func Abort(v ...interface{}) {
-	fmt.Fprint(os.Stdout, v...)
+	fmt.Fprintln(os.Stdout, v...)
 	os.Exit(1)
 }