diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index 0e0eed2..4dafb3c 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "Kubebuilder DevContainer",
-  "image": "docker.io/golang:1.23",
+  "image": "docker.io/golang:1.24",
   "features": {
     "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/docker-in-docker:2": {},
     "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/git:1": {}
diff --git a/cmd/main.go b/cmd/main.go
index f9a14aa..de526c9 100644
--- a/cmd/main.go
+++ b/cmd/main.go
@@ -20,11 +20,15 @@ import (
 	"crypto/tls"
 	"errors"
 	"flag"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+
+	"github.com/go-logr/zapr"
 	"github.com/pdok/mapserver-operator/internal/controller/mapfilegenerator"
 	smoothoperator "github.com/pdok/smooth-operator/api/v1"
+	"github.com/pdok/smooth-operator/pkg/integrations/logging"
 	traefikiov1alpha1 "github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/provider/kubernetes/crd/traefikio/v1alpha1"
-	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
+	"go.uber.org/zap/zapcore"
 
 	// Import all Kubernetes client auth plugins (e.g. Azure, GCP, OIDC, etc.)
 	// to ensure that exec-entrypoint and run can make use of them.
@@ -36,7 +40,6 @@ import (
 	ctrl "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/certwatcher"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/healthz"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/log/zap"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/metrics/filters"
 	metricsserver "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/metrics/server"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/webhook"
@@ -88,6 +91,8 @@ func main() {
 	var host string
 	var mapserverDebugLevel int
 	var multitoolImage, mapfileGeneratorImage, mapserverImage, capabilitiesGeneratorImage, featureinfoGeneratorImage, ogcWebserviceProxyImage, apacheExporterImage string
+	var slackWebhookURL string
+	var logLevel int
 	flag.StringVar(&metricsAddr, "metrics-bind-address", "0", "The address the metrics endpoint binds to. "+
 		"Use :8443 for HTTPS or :8080 for HTTP, or leave as 0 to disable the metrics service.")
 	flag.StringVar(&probeAddr, "health-probe-bind-address", ":8081", "The address the probe endpoint binds to.")
@@ -114,14 +119,16 @@ func main() {
 	flag.StringVar(&ogcWebserviceProxyImage, "ogc-webservice-proxy-image", defaultOgcWebserviceProxyImage, "The image to use in the ogc webservice proxy container.")
 	flag.StringVar(&apacheExporterImage, "apache-exporter-image", defaultApacheExporterImage, "The image to use in the apache-exporter container.")
 	flag.IntVar(&mapserverDebugLevel, "mapserver-debug-level", 0, "Debug level for the mapserver container, between 0 (error only) and 5 (very very verbose).")
+	flag.StringVar(&slackWebhookURL, "slack-webhook-url", "", "The webhook url for sending slack messages. Disabled if left empty")
+	flag.IntVar(&logLevel, "log-level", 0, "The zapcore loglevel. 0 = info, 1 = warn, 2 = error")
 
-	opts := zap.Options{
-		Development: true,
-	}
-	opts.BindFlags(flag.CommandLine)
 	flag.Parse()
 
-	ctrl.SetLogger(zap.New(zap.UseFlagOptions(&opts)))
+	//nolint:gosec
+	levelEnabler := zapcore.Level(logLevel)
+	zapLogger, _ := logging.SetupLogger("atom-operator", slackWebhookURL, levelEnabler)
+
+	ctrl.SetLogger(zapr.NewLogger(zapLogger))
 
 	if host == "" {
 		setupLog.Error(errors.New("baseURL is required"), "A value for baseURL must be specified.")
diff --git a/test/e2e/e2e_test.go b/test/e2e/e2e_test.go
index 89a995b..321727e 100644
--- a/test/e2e/e2e_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/e2e_test.go
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Manager", Ordered, func() {
 				cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "logs", controllerPodName, "-n", namespace)
 				output, err := utils.Run(cmd)
 				g.Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-				g.Expect(output).To(ContainSubstring("controller-runtime.metrics\tServing metrics server"),
+				g.Expect(output).To(ContainSubstring("Serving metrics server"),
 					"Metrics server not yet started")
 			}
 			Eventually(verifyMetricsServerStarted).Should(Succeed())