diff --git a/deploy_control_plane.yaml b/deploy_control_plane.yaml
index bd0f0241..cc93a1da 100644
--- a/deploy_control_plane.yaml
+++ b/deploy_control_plane.yaml
@@ -31,12 +31,12 @@
       tags: auth
     - name: metal-roles/control-plane/roles/metal
       tags: metal
-    - name: metal-roles/control-plane/roles/logging
-      when: monitoring_enabled
-      tags: logging
     - name: metal-roles/control-plane/roles/monitoring
       when: monitoring_enabled
       tags: monitoring
+    - name: metal-roles/control-plane/roles/logging
+      when: monitoring_enabled
+      tags: logging
 
 - name: deploy gardener
   import_playbook: deploy_gardener.yaml
diff --git a/inventories/group_vars/all/release_vector.yaml b/inventories/group_vars/all/release_vector.yaml
index 0fba64d3..deb1c6b1 100644
--- a/inventories/group_vars/all/release_vector.yaml
+++ b/inventories/group_vars/all/release_vector.yaml
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ metal_stack_release_vectors:
 # sonic_configdb_utils_image_tag:
 # ...
 #
-
+logging_chart_version: 18.3.1
+logging_chart_repo: oci://ghcr.io/grafana-community/helm-charts/loki
 ##
 ## for ansible roles
 ##
diff --git a/inventories/group_vars/control_plane/logging.yaml b/inventories/group_vars/control_plane/logging.yaml
index 2ec973fc..7a79fe8e 100644
--- a/inventories/group_vars/control_plane/logging.yaml
+++ b/inventories/group_vars/control_plane/logging.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ---
-logging_ingress_loki_tls: no
+logging_ingress_enabled: true
+logging_ingress_loki_tls: false
 logging_ingress_dns: "loki.{{ metal_control_plane_ingress_dns }}"
 
 logging_alloy_enabled: true
@@ -7,8 +8,12 @@ logging_alloy_enabled: true
 logging_alloy_service_monitor_enabled: true
 
 logging_alloy_loki_write_endpoints:
-  - url: "http://{{ logging_ingress_dns }}:8080/loki/api/v1/push"
+  - url:  "http://loki-gateway/loki/api/v1/push"
 
 logging_promtail_enabled: false
 
 logging_alloy_cluster_label: "mini-lab"
+
+logging_loki_monitoring_enabled: true
+
+logging_loki_log_level: info