diff --git a/agent/help_flag_test.go b/agent/help_flag_test.go
index 3ca67e205..1b4acbe87 100644
--- a/agent/help_flag_test.go
+++ b/agent/help_flag_test.go
@@ -24,7 +24,18 @@ var _ = Describe("Help flag for host agent", func() {
 				"-namespace string",
 				"-skip-installation",
 				"-version",
-				"-log-level int",
+				"-add_dir_header",
+				"-alsologtostderr",
+				"-log_backtrace_at value",
+				"-log_dir string",
+				"-log_file string",
+				"-log_file_max_size uint",
+				"-logtostderr",
+				"-skip_headers",
+				"-skip_log_headers",
+				"-stderrthreshold value",
+				"-v value",
+				"-vmodule value",
 			}
 		)
 
diff --git a/agent/main.go b/agent/main.go
index f85cea4b6..38a8d7793 100644
--- a/agent/main.go
+++ b/agent/main.go
@@ -72,6 +72,16 @@ func (l *labelFlags) Set(value string) error {
 	}
 }
 
+func isFlagPassed(name string) bool {
+	found := false
+	flag.Visit(func(f *flag.Flag) {
+		if f.Name == name {
+			found = true
+		}
+	})
+	return found
+}
+
 var (
 	namespace          string
 	scheme             *runtime.Scheme
@@ -80,7 +90,6 @@ var (
 	downloadpath       string
 	skipInstallation   bool
 	printVersion       bool
-	logLevel           int
 )
 
 // TODO - fix logging
@@ -93,7 +102,6 @@ func main() {
 	flag.StringVar(&downloadpath, "downloadpath", "/var/lib/byoh/bundles", "File System path to keep the downloads")
 	flag.BoolVar(&skipInstallation, "skip-installation", false, "If you want to skip installation of the kubernetes component binaries")
 	flag.BoolVar(&printVersion, "version", false, "Print the version of the agent")
-	flag.IntVar(&logLevel, "log-level", 0, "Determines the verbosity of the system logs (Default: 0)")
 	flag.Parse()
 
 	if printVersion {
@@ -106,7 +114,14 @@ func main() {
 	_ = corev1.AddToScheme(scheme)
 	_ = clusterv1.AddToScheme(scheme)
 
-	logger := klogr.New().V(logLevel)
+	// checking if log level flag has been explicitly set
+	// else setting the flag at 1
+	if !isFlagPassed("v") {
+		flag.Set("v", "1")
+	}
+
+	// setting info log verbosity level at 1
+	logger := klogr.New().V(1)
 	ctrl.SetLogger(logger)
 	config, err := ctrl.GetConfig()
 	if err != nil {