diff --git a/pkg/event/event.go b/pkg/event/event.go
index 2d2493e..6b3ac35 100644
--- a/pkg/event/event.go
+++ b/pkg/event/event.go
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ func (e Event) AsOpts() trace.EventOption {
 	return trace.WithAttributes(e.IntoTraceAttributes()...)
 }
 
+func (e Event) SkipMoreInCallStack(skip int) Event {
+	e.extraSkipInStack += skip
+	return e
+}
+
 func NewInSpan[E IntoEvent](ev E, span trace.Span) {
 	event := ev.IntoEvent()
 	event.extraSkipInStack += 1
@@ -93,6 +98,11 @@ func (e Error) AsOpts() trace.EventOption {
 	return trace.WithAttributes(e.IntoTraceAttributes()...)
 }
 
+func (e Error) SkipMoreInCallStack(skip int) Error {
+	e.extraSkipInStack += skip
+	return e
+}
+
 func NewErrInSpan[E IntoErrorEvent](err E, span trace.Span) E {
 	er := err.IntoErrorEvent()
 	er.extraSkipInStack += 1
diff --git a/pkg/exporters/console_exporter/console_exporter.go b/pkg/exporters/console_exporter/console_exporter.go
index 4df6c44..284d45c 100644
--- a/pkg/exporters/console_exporter/console_exporter.go
+++ b/pkg/exporters/console_exporter/console_exporter.go
@@ -79,10 +79,10 @@ func NewProcessor(opts ProcessorOptions) trace.SpanProcessor {
 		fmt := NewPrettyMultilineFormatter()
 		formatter = fmt
 	}
-	if opts.FilterOnLevel != 0 {
+	if opts.FilterOnLevel != level.SeverityLevel(0) {
 		lvl = opts.FilterOnLevel
 	} else {
-		lvl = level.TRACE + 10
+		lvl = level.TRACE + 1
 	}
 
 	return &Processor{
diff --git a/pkg/level/level.go b/pkg/level/level.go
index 5193d80..bab75aa 100644
--- a/pkg/level/level.go
+++ b/pkg/level/level.go
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ func FromString(level string) SeverityLevel {
 	case "TRACE":
 		return TRACE
 	default:
-		return CRIT
+		return unset
 	}
 }