diff --git a/config/manager/manager.yaml b/config/manager/manager.yaml
index 1889734..40065a7 100644
--- a/config/manager/manager.yaml
+++ b/config/manager/manager.yaml
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ spec:
               fieldRef:
                 fieldPath: metadata.namespace
         args:
+        - --watch-all-namespaces
+        - --log-level=info
+        - --log-json
         - --enable-leader-election
         resources:
           limits:
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index a9c43a5..3e6fca1 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ import (
 	clientgoscheme "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
 	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth/gcp"
 	ctrl "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/log/zap"
 
 	imagev1alpha1_reflect "github.com/fluxcd/image-reflector-controller/api/v1alpha1"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/runtime/logger"
 	sourcev1 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1beta1"
 
 	imagev1alpha1_auto "github.com/fluxcd/image-automation-controller/api/v1alpha1"
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ func main() {
 	var (
 		metricsAddr          string
 		enableLeaderElection bool
+		logLevel             string
+		logJSON              bool
 		watchAllNamespaces   bool
 	)
 
@@ -59,11 +61,13 @@ func main() {
 	flag.BoolVar(&enableLeaderElection, "enable-leader-election", false,
 		"Enable leader election for controller manager. "+
 			"Enabling this will ensure there is only one active controller manager.")
+	flag.StringVar(&logLevel, "log-level", "info", "Set logging level. Can be debug, info or error.")
+	flag.BoolVar(&logJSON, "log-json", false, "Set logging to JSON format.")
 	flag.BoolVar(&watchAllNamespaces, "watch-all-namespaces", true,
 		"Watch for custom resources in all namespaces, if set to false it will only watch the runtime namespace.")
 	flag.Parse()
 
-	ctrl.SetLogger(zap.New(zap.UseDevMode(true)))
+	ctrl.SetLogger(logger.NewLogger(logLevel, logJSON))
 
 	watchNamespace := ""
 	if !watchAllNamespaces {