diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index db8d31fc2..8fa4b3a79 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 - (Feature) OPS CLI with Arango Task
 - (Bugfix) Allow ArangoBackup Creation during Upload state
 - (Hotfix) Fix `ArangoDeployment` SubResource in CRD auto-installer
+- (Bugfix) Fix Operator Logger NPE
 
 ## [1.2.13](https://github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/tree/1.2.13) (2022-06-07)
 - (Bugfix) Fix arangosync members state inspection
diff --git a/pkg/operator/operator.go b/pkg/operator/operator.go
index f901fa1ed..1ed027bf4 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/operator.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/operator.go
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ const (
 	initRetryWaitTime = 30 * time.Second
 )
 
+var logger = logging.Global().RegisterAndGetLogger("operator", logging.Info)
+
 type operatorV2type string
 
 const (
@@ -129,6 +131,7 @@ func NewOperator(config Config, deps Dependencies) (*Operator, error) {
 		deploymentReplications: make(map[string]*replication.DeploymentReplication),
 		localStorages:          make(map[string]*storage.LocalStorage),
 	}
+	o.log = logger.WrapObj(o)
 	return o, nil
 }
 
@@ -311,3 +314,7 @@ func (o *Operator) onStartOperatorV2(operatorType operatorV2type, stop <-chan st
 
 	<-stop
 }
+
+func (o *Operator) WrapLogger(in *zerolog.Event) *zerolog.Event {
+	return in.Str("namespace", o.Namespace)
+}