function log() {
  logMsg="$1"
  logLevel="$2"

  if [[ "${logLevel}" == "" ]]; then
    logLevel=info
  fi

  systemd-cat -t "`basename $0`" -p ${logLevel} <<< ${logMsg}

  if [[ "${NoConsoleLogging}" != true ]]; then
    >&2 echo $(date "+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")"	${logLevel}	${logMsg}"
  fi
}

function throw() {
  errMsg="$1"
  errLevel="$2"
  errCode="$3"

  if [[ "${errLevel}" == "" ]]; then
    errLevel=err
  fi

  log "${errMsg}" "${errLevel}"
  
  if [[ "${NoConsoleLogging}" != true ]]; then
    >&2 echo $(date "+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")"	${errLevel}	${errMsg}"
  fi

  exit ${errCode}
}