diff --git a/cmd/openshift-router/main.go b/cmd/openshift-router/main.go
index f1a90010..b531f0b2 100644
--- a/cmd/openshift-router/main.go
+++ b/cmd/openshift-router/main.go
@@ -31,10 +31,6 @@ func main() {
 	logFlags := flag.FlagSet{}
 	klog.InitFlags(&logFlags)
 	cmd.PersistentFlags().AddGoFlagSet(&logFlags)
-	if err := cmd.ParseFlags(os.Args); err != nil {
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "error: %v\n", err)
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
 
 	if err := cmd.Execute(); err != nil {
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "error: %v\n", err)
diff --git a/images/router/haproxy/Dockerfile b/images/router/haproxy/Dockerfile
index 56dba58e..b49f3fe1 100644
--- a/images/router/haproxy/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/router/haproxy/Dockerfile
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ EXPOSE 80 443
 WORKDIR /var/lib/haproxy/conf
 ENV TEMPLATE_FILE=/var/lib/haproxy/conf/haproxy-config.template \
     RELOAD_SCRIPT=/var/lib/haproxy/reload-haproxy
-ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/bin/openshift-router"]
+ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/bin/openshift-router", "--v=2"]
diff --git a/images/router/haproxy/Dockerfile.rhel b/images/router/haproxy/Dockerfile.rhel
index 4998ca75..f42ec589 100644
--- a/images/router/haproxy/Dockerfile.rhel
+++ b/images/router/haproxy/Dockerfile.rhel
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ EXPOSE 80 443
 WORKDIR /var/lib/haproxy/conf
 ENV TEMPLATE_FILE=/var/lib/haproxy/conf/haproxy-config.template \
     RELOAD_SCRIPT=/var/lib/haproxy/reload-haproxy
-ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/bin/openshift-router"]
+ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/bin/openshift-router", "--v=2"]