diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 56404bf5..f2b5145d 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ func main() {
 
 	opts := &plugin.ServeOpts{ProviderFunc: provider.New(version)}
 
+	// Prevent logger from prepending date/time to logs, which breaks log-level parsing/filtering
+	log.SetFlags(0)
+
 	if debugMode {
 		err := plugin.Debug(context.Background(), "RedisLabs/rediscloud", opts)
 		if err != nil {