diff --git a/cmd/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.go b/cmd/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.go
index 00f804ad31..1252609832 100644
--- a/cmd/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.go
+++ b/cmd/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.go
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ func runAgent(ctx context.Context,
 
 	writer := logger.NewLogWriter(logConfig)
 
-	log.Printf("I! Starting AmazonCloudWatchAgent %s\n", version.Full())
+	log.Printf("I! Starting AmazonCloudWatchAgent %s with log file %s with log target %s\n", version.Full(), ag.Config.Agent.Logfile, ag.Config.Agent.LogTarget)
 	// Need to set SDK log level before plugins get loaded.
 	// Some aws.Config objects get created early and live forever which means
 	// we cannot change the sdk log level without restarting the Agent.
diff --git a/translator/translate/otel/translate_otel.go b/translator/translate/otel/translate_otel.go
index 9e53cf1689..ea2973fb7f 100644
--- a/translator/translate/otel/translate_otel.go
+++ b/translator/translate/otel/translate_otel.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"go.uber.org/zap/zapcore"
 
 	receiverAdapter "github.com/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/receiver/adapter"
-	"github.com/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/translator/translate/agent"
+	"github.com/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/translator/context"
 	"github.com/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/translator/translate/otel/common"
 	"github.com/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/translator/translate/otel/pipeline"
 	"github.com/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/translator/translate/otel/pipeline/appsignals"
@@ -104,16 +104,6 @@ func Translate(jsonConfig interface{}, os string) (*otelcol.Config, error) {
 	return cfg, nil
 }
 
-// parseAgentLogFile returns the log file path form the JSON config, or the
-// default value.
-func parseAgentLogFile(conf *confmap.Conf) string {
-	v, ok := common.GetString(conf, common.ConfigKey("agent", "logfile"))
-	if !ok {
-		return agent.GetDefaultValue()
-	}
-	return v
-}
-
 // parseAgentLogLevel returns the logging level from the JSON config, or the
 // default value.
 func parseAgentLogLevel(conf *confmap.Conf) zapcore.Level {
@@ -133,7 +123,7 @@ func parseAgentLogLevel(conf *confmap.Conf) zapcore.Level {
 // logging configuration that should go in the YAML.
 func getLoggingConfig(conf *confmap.Conf) telemetry.LogsConfig {
 	var outputPaths []string
-	filename := parseAgentLogFile(conf)
+	filename := context.CurrentContext().GetAgentLogFile()
 	// A slice with an empty string causes OTEL issues, so avoid it.
 	if filename != "" {
 		outputPaths = []string{filename}