diff --git a/src/ctr_logging.c b/src/ctr_logging.c
index ad97bced..16a907f3 100644
--- a/src/ctr_logging.c
+++ b/src/ctr_logging.c
@@ -132,22 +132,23 @@ void configure_log_drivers(gchar **log_drivers, int64_t log_size_max_, char *cuu
 		/* Setup some sd_journal_sendv arguments that won't change */
 		container_id_full = g_strdup_printf("CONTAINER_ID_FULL=%s", cuuid);
 		container_id = g_strdup_printf("CONTAINER_ID=%s", short_cuuid);
-		if (tag) {
-			container_tag = g_strdup_printf("CONTAINER_TAG=%s", tag);
-			container_tag_len = strlen(container_tag);
 
-			syslog_identifier = g_strdup_printf("SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER=%s", tag);
-			syslog_identifier_len = strlen(syslog_identifier);
-		} else if (name) {
-			/* save the length so we don't have to compute every sd_journal_* call */
+		/* Priority order of syslog_identifier (in order of precedence) is tag, name, `conmon`. */
+		syslog_identifier = g_strdup_printf("SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER=%s", short_cuuid);
+		syslog_identifier_len = TRUNC_ID_LEN + SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER_EQ_LEN;
+		if (name) {
 			name_len = strlen(name);
 			container_name = g_strdup_printf("CONTAINER_NAME=%s", name);
 
 			syslog_identifier = g_strdup_printf("SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER=%s", name);
 			syslog_identifier_len = name_len + SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER_EQ_LEN;
-		} else {
-			syslog_identifier = g_strdup_printf("SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER=%s", short_cuuid);
-			syslog_identifier_len = TRUNC_ID_LEN + SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER_EQ_LEN;
+		}
+		if (tag) {
+			container_tag = g_strdup_printf("CONTAINER_TAG=%s", tag);
+			container_tag_len = strlen(container_tag);
+
+			syslog_identifier = g_strdup_printf("SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER=%s", tag);
+			syslog_identifier_len = strlen(syslog_identifier);
 		}
 	}
 }