diff --git a/cldr2json.py b/cldr2json.py
index 1a2574698..0d4fcc6d5 100755
--- a/cldr2json.py
+++ b/cldr2json.py
@@ -97,19 +97,21 @@ def convert_xml(tree):
     root["levels"] = []
     # parse levels
     for index, keymap in enumerate(tree.iter('keyMap')):
-        level = {}
-        root["levels"].append(level)
-        level["level"] = index + 1
         # FIXME: heuristics here
         modifiers = keymap.get('modifiers')
         if not modifiers:
             mode = 'default'
-        elif 'shift' in modifiers.split(' ') or 'lock' in modifiers.split(' '):
+            modifiers = ''
+        elif 'shift' in modifiers.split(' '):
             mode = 'latched'
+            modifiers = 'shift'
         else:
             mode = 'locked'
+        level = {}
+        level["level"] = modifiers
         level["mode"] = mode
         level["rows"] = parse_rows(keymap)
+        root["levels"].append(level)
     return root
 
 
diff --git a/test/data/fr.json b/test/data/fr.json
index 2aeb67479..3a8949fe1 100644
--- a/test/data/fr.json
+++ b/test/data/fr.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "levels": [
     {
-      "level": 1,
+      "level": "",
       "mode": "default",
       "rows": [
         [
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@
       ]
     },
     {
-      "level": 2,
+      "level": "shift",
       "mode": "latched",
       "rows": [
         [
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@
       ]
     },
     {
-      "level": 3,
+      "level": "opt",
       "mode": "locked",
       "rows": [
         [
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@
       ]
     },
     {
-      "level": 4,
+      "level": "opt+shift",
       "mode": "locked",
       "rows": [
         [
@@ -611,4 +611,4 @@
   ],
   "locale": "fr",
   "name": "French"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}