diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 61e81239..ed7dd83e 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ Description: Tools to build CDISC compliant data sets and check for CDISC compli
 URL: https://github.com/atorus-research/xportr
 BugReports: https://github.com/atorus-research/xportr/issues
 Imports: 
+    checkmate,
     dplyr (>= 1.0.2),
     purrr (>= 0.3.4),
     stringr (>= 1.4.0),
diff --git a/R/messages.R b/R/messages.R
index 429388f8..50b4df7c 100644
--- a/R/messages.R
+++ b/R/messages.R
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #' @export
 xportr_logger <- function(message, type = "none", ...) {
   assert_character(message)
-  assert_choice(verbose, choices = .internal_verbose_choices)
+  assert_choice(type, choices = .internal_verbose_choices)
 
   log_fun <- switch(type,
     stop = abort,