diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2b262241..e8232dd7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
 
 ## v1.2.0
 * Linking and including an external version of `fmt` is now supported. See TweakMe.h
-* Fix compiler warnings when using clang's -Wdocumentation. Fixes [#12](https://github.com/odygrd/quill/issues/12).
+* Fixed compiler warnings when using clang's -Wdocumentation. Fixes [#12](https://github.com/odygrd/quill/issues/12).
+* Fixed a bug that wouldn't report a compile-time error for invalid format strings. Fixes [#13](https://github.com/odygrd/quill/issues/13).
+
 ## v1.1.0
 * Daily file handler. The file handler rollover every 24 hours
 * Rotating file handler. The file handler will rollover based on the size of the file
diff --git a/quill/quill/include/quill/detail/LogMacros.h b/quill/quill/include/quill/detail/LogMacros.h
index 69d249f5..71b7df2b 100644
--- a/quill/quill/include/quill/detail/LogMacros.h
+++ b/quill/quill/include/quill/detail/LogMacros.h
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 
 #include "quill/detail/misc/Common.h"
 
-#include "quill/Logger.h"
 #include "quill/Fmt.h"
+#include "quill/Logger.h"
 #include "quill/detail/misc/Macros.h"
 
 // Config Options
@@ -22,12 +22,21 @@
 #define QUILL_LOG_LEVEL_CRITICAL 7
 #define QUILL_LOG_LEVEL_NONE 8
 
+/**
+ * Check in compile time the correctness of a format string
+ */
+template <typename S, typename... Args, typename Char = fmt::char_t<S>>
+constexpr void check_format(const S& format_str, Args&&...)
+{
+  fmt::internal::check_format_string<std::remove_reference_t<Args>...>(format_str);
+}
+
 // Main Log Macros
 // clang-format off
-#define QUILL_LOGGER_CALL(logger, log_statement_level, fmt, ...) do {                                                               \
-    FMT_STRING(fmt);                                                                                                                \
+#define QUILL_LOGGER_CALL(logger, log_statement_level, fmt, ...) do {                                                                                \
+    check_format(FMT_STRING(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__);                                                                                                    \
     static constexpr quill::detail::StaticLogRecordInfo log_line_info{QUILL_STRINGIFY(__LINE__), __FILE__, __FUNCTION__, fmt, log_statement_level};  \
-    logger->log<log_statement_level>(&log_line_info, ##__VA_ARGS__);                                                                \
+    logger->log<log_statement_level>(&log_line_info, ##__VA_ARGS__);                                                                                 \
   } while (0)
 // clang-format on