diff --git a/cmd/operator-controller/main.go b/cmd/operator-controller/main.go
index 20bbcbc23..c7453c87a 100644
--- a/cmd/operator-controller/main.go
+++ b/cmd/operator-controller/main.go
@@ -156,6 +156,8 @@ func init() {
 
 	//add feature gate flags to flagset
 	features.OperatorControllerFeatureGate.AddFlag(flags)
+
+	ctrl.SetLogger(textlogger.NewLogger(textlogger.NewConfig()))
 }
 func validateMetricsFlags() error {
 	if (cfg.certFile != "" && cfg.keyFile == "") || (cfg.certFile == "" && cfg.keyFile != "") {