diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d3709fd15..e0dee9fab 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -221,13 +221,13 @@ To develop NPD on Windows you'll need to setup your Windows machine for Go devel
 ```powershell
 # Run these commands in the node-problem-detector directory.
 
-# Build
+# Build in MINGW64 Window
 make clean windows-binaries
 
-# Test
+# Test in MINGW64 Window
 make test
 
-# Run with containerd log monitoring enabled. (Assumes containerd is installed.)
+# Run with containerd log monitoring enabled in Command Prompt. (Assumes containerd is installed.)
 %CD%\bin\windows_amd64\node-problem-detector.exe --logtostderr --enable-k8s-exporter=false --config.system-log-monitor=%CD%\config\windows-containerd-monitor-filelog.json
 ```
 
diff --git a/config/windows-containerd-monitor-filelog.json b/config/windows-containerd-monitor-filelog.json
index 1c9a36aae..b6f94d77a 100644
--- a/config/windows-containerd-monitor-filelog.json
+++ b/config/windows-containerd-monitor-filelog.json
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 	"plugin": "filelog",
 	"pluginConfig": {
 		"timestamp": "^time=\"(\\S*)\"",
-		"message": "msg=\"([^\n]*)\"",
-		"timestampFormat": "2006-01-02T15:04:05.999999999-07:00"
+		"message": "msg=\"?([^\n]*)\"?",
+		"timestampFormat": "2006-01-02T15:04:05.999999999Z"
 	},
-	"logPath": "C:\\Program Files\\containerd\\containerd.log",
+	"logPath": "C:\\etc\\kubernetes\\logs\\containerd.log",
 	"lookback": "5m",
 	"bufferSize": 10,
 	"source": "containerd",