diff --git a/nselib/mongodb.lua b/nselib/mongodb.lua
index 4fa6c8994..428e31507 100644
--- a/nselib/mongodb.lua
+++ b/nselib/mongodb.lua
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ local function dbg(str,...)
 end
 --local dbg =stdnse.print_debug
 
-local err =stdnse.log_error
+local err =stdnse.print_debug
 
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 -- First of all comes a Bson parsing library. This can easily be moved out into a separate library should other