diff --git a/scripts/commit b/scripts/commit
index 411cfb1c..21f632c4 100755
--- a/scripts/commit
+++ b/scripts/commit
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ cd "$NGCPCTL_MAIN"
 if [ -z "${NO_DB_SYNC:-}" ] ; then
   if [ -f "${RTP_INTERFACES_CONFIG}" ] ; then
     log_info "Executing sync-db: "
-    "${HELPER}/sync-db" "$NGCPCTL_CONFIG" "$CONSTANTS_CONFIG" "$RTP_INTERFACES_CONFIG" | sed "s/^/$timestamp_replacementchars/" || true
+    "${HELPER}/sync-db" "$NGCPCTL_CONFIG" "$CONSTANTS_CONFIG" "$RTP_INTERFACES_CONFIG" 2>&1 | sed "s/^/$timestamp_replacementchars/" 2>&1 | tee >(logger -t ngcpcfg) || true
   else
     log_info "Executing sync-db: "
-    "${HELPER}/sync-db" "$NGCPCTL_CONFIG" "$CONSTANTS_CONFIG" | sed "s/^/$timestamp_replacementchars/" || true
+    "${HELPER}/sync-db" "$NGCPCTL_CONFIG" "$CONSTANTS_CONFIG" 2>&1 | sed "s/^/$timestamp_replacementchars/" 2>&1 | tee >(logger -t ngcpcfg) || true
   fi
 else
     log_debug "no-db-sync: skipping 'sync-db'"