[syslog-ng] Using syslog-ng as a relay inject unexpected data

Hello, I'm doing some pretty basic syslog forwarding using syslog-ng 1.6.2. Essentially, I've got the following: destination remoteHost { tcp("1.1.1.1 port 9999"); }; The forwarding is working correctly, however on the remote side all my log lines are prepended with a <number> tag. For example: Some log line turns into: <38>Some log line I've tried creating a custom template, but the <number> is always added to the log lines when the arrive at the remote host. Why is this happening and is there a way to turn it off? Thanks, - Allen Bettilyon