     @authenticate()  if @options.autoConnect
 
   authenticate: (@options = @options) ->
-    { url, auth, username, environment, version, region, hostname, name } = @options
+    { url, auth, username, environment, version, region, hostname, name, logLevel } = @options
 
     @kite = new @constructor.Kite
       username    : username

      auth        :
        type      : 'token'
        key       : token

  createKites: (kiteDescriptors) ->
    (@createKite k for k in kiteDescriptors)

      name        : name ? 'kontrol'
      url         : url
      auth        : auth
      logLevel    : logLevel

    @kite.on 'error', @emit.bind this, 'error'  # forward kite error events
    @kite.on 'connected', @emit.bind this, 'connected'
