diff --git a/evolinux-base/tasks/ssh.yml b/evolinux-base/tasks/ssh.yml
index ddfbd38c..d74dcef3 100644
--- a/evolinux-base/tasks/ssh.yml
+++ b/evolinux-base/tasks/ssh.yml
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@
 - name: Set log level to verbose (for Debian >= 9)
   replace:
     dest: /etc/ssh/sshd_config
-    regexp: '^LogLevel [A-Z]+'
+    regexp: '^#?LogLevel [A-Z]+'
     replace: "LogLevel VERBOSE"
   notify: reload sshd
   when:
   - ansible_distribution == "Debian"
-  - ansible_distribution_major_version | version_compare('9.0', '>=')
+  - ansible_distribution_major_version | version_compare('9', '>=')
 
 - meta: flush_handlers