diff --git a/handler.go b/handler.go
index 94e1c56..5341540 100644
--- a/handler.go
+++ b/handler.go
@@ -191,12 +191,8 @@ func (h *handler) Handle(_ context.Context, r slog.Record) error {
 	if rep == nil {
 		h.appendLevel(buf, r.Level)
 		buf.WriteByte(' ')
-	} else if a := rep(nil /* groups */, slog.Int(slog.LevelKey, int(r.Level))); a.Key != "" {
-		if a.Value.Kind() == slog.KindInt64 {
-			h.appendLevel(buf, slog.Level(a.Value.Int64()))
-		} else {
-			h.appendValue(buf, a.Value, false)
-		}
+	} else if a := rep(nil /* groups */, slog.Any(slog.LevelKey, r.Level)); a.Key != "" {
+		h.appendValue(buf, a.Value, false)
 		buf.WriteByte(' ')
 	}
 
@@ -293,36 +289,37 @@ func (h *handler) appendTime(buf *buffer, t time.Time) {
 }
 
 func (h *handler) appendLevel(buf *buffer, level slog.Level) {
-	delta := func(buf *buffer, val slog.Level) {
-		if val == 0 {
-			return
-		}
-		buf.WriteByte('+')
-		*buf = strconv.AppendInt(*buf, int64(val), 10)
-	}
-
 	switch {
 	case level < slog.LevelInfo:
 		buf.WriteString("DBG")
-		delta(buf, level-slog.LevelDebug)
+		appendLevelDelta(buf, level-slog.LevelDebug)
 	case level < slog.LevelWarn:
 		buf.WriteStringIf(!h.noColor, ansiBrightGreen)
 		buf.WriteString("INF")
-		delta(buf, level-slog.LevelInfo)
+		appendLevelDelta(buf, level-slog.LevelInfo)
 		buf.WriteStringIf(!h.noColor, ansiReset)
 	case level < slog.LevelError:
 		buf.WriteStringIf(!h.noColor, ansiBrightYellow)
 		buf.WriteString("WRN")
-		delta(buf, level-slog.LevelWarn)
+		appendLevelDelta(buf, level-slog.LevelWarn)
 		buf.WriteStringIf(!h.noColor, ansiReset)
 	default:
 		buf.WriteStringIf(!h.noColor, ansiBrightRed)
 		buf.WriteString("ERR")
-		delta(buf, level-slog.LevelError)
+		appendLevelDelta(buf, level-slog.LevelError)
 		buf.WriteStringIf(!h.noColor, ansiReset)
 	}
 }
 
+func appendLevelDelta(buf *buffer, delta slog.Level) {
+	if delta == 0 {
+		return
+	} else if delta > 0 {
+		buf.WriteByte('+')
+	}
+	*buf = strconv.AppendInt(*buf, int64(delta), 10)
+}
+
 func (h *handler) appendSource(buf *buffer, src *slog.Source) {
 	dir, file := filepath.Split(src.File)
 
@@ -387,6 +384,8 @@ func (h *handler) appendValue(buf *buffer, v slog.Value, quote bool) {
 		appendString(buf, v.Time().String(), quote)
 	case slog.KindAny:
 		switch cv := v.Any().(type) {
+		case slog.Level:
+			h.appendLevel(buf, cv)
 		case encoding.TextMarshaler:
 			data, err := cv.MarshalText()
 			if err != nil {
diff --git a/handler_test.go b/handler_test.go
index 0c03da9..cd0191b 100644
--- a/handler_test.go
+++ b/handler_test.go
@@ -249,6 +249,15 @@ func TestHandler(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			Want: `Nov 10 23:00:00.000 INF+1 test`,
 		},
+		{
+			Opts: &tint.Options{
+				Level: slog.LevelDebug - 1,
+			},
+			F: func(l *slog.Logger) {
+				l.Log(context.TODO(), slog.LevelDebug-1, "test")
+			},
+			Want: `Nov 10 23:00:00.000 DBG-1 test`,
+		},
 		{ // https://github.com/lmittmann/tint/issues/12
 			F: func(l *slog.Logger) {
 				l.Error("test", slog.Any("error", errors.New("fail")))
@@ -292,7 +301,21 @@ func TestHandler(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			Want: `group.key=val`,
 		},
-		{ // https://github.com/lmittmann/tint/pull/37
+		{ // https://github.com/lmittmann/tint/issues/36
+			Opts: &tint.Options{
+				ReplaceAttr: func(g []string, a slog.Attr) slog.Attr {
+					if len(g) == 0 && a.Key == slog.LevelKey {
+						_ = a.Value.Any().(slog.Level)
+					}
+					return a
+				},
+			},
+			F: func(l *slog.Logger) {
+				l.Info("test")
+			},
+			Want: `Nov 10 23:00:00.000 INF test`,
+		},
+		{ // https://github.com/lmittmann/tint/issues/37
 			Opts: &tint.Options{
 				AddSource: true,
 				ReplaceAttr: func(g []string, a slog.Attr) slog.Attr {
@@ -302,7 +325,7 @@ func TestHandler(t *testing.T) {
 			F: func(l *slog.Logger) {
 				l.Info("test")
 			},
-			Want: `Nov 10 23:00:00.000 INF tint/handler_test.go:303 test`,
+			Want: `Nov 10 23:00:00.000 INF tint/handler_test.go:326 test`,
 		},
 	}