diff --git a/sidecar/Dockerfile b/sidecar/Dockerfile
index 3b331d3a..c2615c43 100644
--- a/sidecar/Dockerfile
+++ b/sidecar/Dockerfile
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ COPY --from=go-builder \
   /tailing-sidecar/lib/
 
 COPY conf/fluent-bit.conf \
+  conf/inputs.conf \
   conf/plugins.conf \
   /fluent-bit/etc/
 
diff --git a/sidecar/conf/fluent-bit.conf b/sidecar/conf/fluent-bit.conf
index a473e1ae..7bdc1376 100644
--- a/sidecar/conf/fluent-bit.conf
+++ b/sidecar/conf/fluent-bit.conf
@@ -81,15 +81,7 @@
     #
     # storage.backlog.mem_limit 5M
 
-[INPUT]
-    name                tail
-    path                ${PATH_TO_TAIL}
-    Read_from_Head      On
-    Refresh_Interval    1
-    Rotate_Wait         60
-    Mem_Buf_Limit       5MB
-    DB                  /tailing-sidecar/var/fluent-bit-state.db
-    DB.Sync             Normal
+@INCLUDE inputs.conf
 
 [OUTPUT]
     name  gstdout
diff --git a/sidecar/conf/inputs.conf b/sidecar/conf/inputs.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f672f39e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sidecar/conf/inputs.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[INPUT]
+    name                tail
+    path                ${PATH_TO_TAIL}
+    Read_from_Head      On
+    Refresh_Interval    1
+    Rotate_Wait         60
+    Mem_Buf_Limit       5MB
+    DB                  /tailing-sidecar/var/fluent-bit-state.db
+    DB.Sync             Normal