diff --git a/internal/attestation/snp/validator.go b/internal/attestation/snp/validator.go
index 5371c8acf7..6b6bfcd51b 100644
--- a/internal/attestation/snp/validator.go
+++ b/internal/attestation/snp/validator.go
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log/slog"
 
-	"github.com/edgelesssys/contrast/internal/logger"
 	"github.com/edgelesssys/contrast/internal/oid"
 	"github.com/google/go-sev-guest/abi"
 	"github.com/google/go-sev-guest/proto/sevsnp"
@@ -69,7 +68,7 @@ func NewValidatorWithCallbacks(optsGen validateOptsGenerator, kdsGetter trust.HT
 		validateOptsGen: optsGen,
 		callbackers:     callbacks,
 		kdsGetter:       kdsGetter,
-		logger:          slog.New(logger.NewHandler(log.Handler(), "snp-validator")),
+		logger:          log,
 		metrics:         metrics{attestationFailures: attestataionFailures},
 	}
 }
diff --git a/internal/kuberesource/parts.go b/internal/kuberesource/parts.go
index 05dc0e8728..b50d78ab97 100644
--- a/internal/kuberesource/parts.go
+++ b/internal/kuberesource/parts.go
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ func Coordinator(namespace string) *CoordinatorConfig {
 						Container().
 							WithName("coordinator").
 							WithImage("ghcr.io/edgelesssys/contrast/coordinator:latest").
+							WithEnv(NewEnvVar("CONTRAST_LOG_SUBSYSTEMS", "snp-validator")).
 							WithVolumeDevices(applycorev1.VolumeDevice().
 								WithName("state-device").
 								WithDevicePath("/dev/csi0"),