diff --git a/levellogger.go b/levellogger.go
index a49ea80..c8404d9 100644
--- a/levellogger.go
+++ b/levellogger.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"runtime/debug"
 )
 
+// changed to return a pointer to a new LevelLogger
 func NewLevelLogger(out io.Writer, level LogLevel) *LevelLogger {
 
 	ll := &LevelLogger{}