diff --git a/freeleaps/helm-pkg/authentication/templates/authentication/opentelemetry.yaml b/freeleaps/helm-pkg/authentication/templates/authentication/opentelemetry.yaml
index 5b208998..11952810 100644
--- a/freeleaps/helm-pkg/authentication/templates/authentication/opentelemetry.yaml
+++ b/freeleaps/helm-pkg/authentication/templates/authentication/opentelemetry.yaml
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ spec:
     processors:
       k8sattributes:
         auth_type: "serviceAccount"
+        wait_for_metadata: true
+        wait_for_metadata_timeout: 10s
         passthrough: false
         extract:
           metadata:
@@ -70,8 +72,6 @@ spec:
         endpoint: {{ .Values.logIngest.lokiEndpoint }}
         tls:
           insecure: true
-      debug:
-        verbosity: detailed 
     service:
       telemetry:
         logs:
@@ -80,5 +80,5 @@ spec:
         logs:
           receivers: [filelog]
           processors: [k8sattributes, resource, batch]
-          exporters: [debug, loki]
+          exporters: [loki]
 {{- end }}
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