diff --git a/azure-ipam/logger/logger.go b/azure-ipam/logger/logger.go
index 4fcd8e989c..1cd331f7e0 100644
--- a/azure-ipam/logger/logger.go
+++ b/azure-ipam/logger/logger.go
@@ -28,9 +28,11 @@ func New(cfg *Config) (*zap.Logger, func(), error) {
 	loggerCfg.OutputPaths = getLogOutputPath(cfg.OutputPaths)
 	loggerCfg.ErrorOutputPaths = getErrOutputPath(cfg.ErrorOutputPaths)
 	loggerCfg.EncoderConfig = zapcore.EncoderConfig{
+		TimeKey:     "time",
 		MessageKey:  "msg",
 		LevelKey:    "level",
 		EncodeLevel: zapcore.LowercaseLevelEncoder,
+		EncodeTime:  zapcore.ISO8601TimeEncoder,
 	}
 
 	logger, err := loggerCfg.Build()
diff --git a/azure-ipam/main.go b/azure-ipam/main.go
index 3e75d5e9b9..1bce3d5e16 100644
--- a/azure-ipam/main.go
+++ b/azure-ipam/main.go
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ func main() {
 
 func executePlugin() error {
 	// logger config
-	var loggerCfg *logger.Config
-	loggerCfg.Level = "debug"
-	loggerCfg.OutputPaths = "stdout"
-	loggerCfg.ErrorOutputPaths = "stderr"
-
+	loggerCfg := &logger.Config{
+		Level:            "debug",
+		OutputPaths:      "var/log/azure-ipam.log",
+		ErrorOutputPaths: "var/log/azure-ipam.log",
+	}
 	// Create logger
 	pluginLogger, cleanup, err := logger.New(loggerCfg)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -48,5 +48,11 @@ func executePlugin() error {
 	}
 
 	// Execute CNI plugin
-	return skel.PluginMainWithError(plugin.CmdAdd, plugin.CmdCheck, plugin.CmdDel, version.All, bv.BuildString(pluginName))
+	cniErr := skel.PluginMainWithError(plugin.CmdAdd, plugin.CmdCheck, plugin.CmdDel, version.All, bv.BuildString(pluginName))
+	if cniErr != nil {
+		cniErr.Print()
+		return cniErr
+	}
+
+	return nil
 }