diff --git a/services/logging/fluentd/fluent.conf b/services/logging/fluentd/fluent.conf
index bd32cc1a..395ddcd5 100644
--- a/services/logging/fluentd/fluent.conf
+++ b/services/logging/fluentd/fluent.conf
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
   bind 0.0.0.0
   # Add source hostname to records
   source_hostname_key source_hostname
+  resolve_hostname true
 </source>
 
 # Add additional metadata
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@
 <filter docker.**>
   @type record_transformer
   enable_ruby true
+  remove_keys source_hostname  # Remove the redundant source_hostname field
   <record>
     # cleanup container names by removing leading slashes
     container_name ${record["container_name"] ? record["container_name"].sub(/^\//, '') : record["container_name"]}