diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ee77c17..487af73 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/).
 
+## Version 1.0.2 - tbd
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Correctly retrieve `appId` from the `VCAP_APPLICATION` environment variable
+
 ## Version 1.0.1 - 2025-08-05
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 863a8d5..67e393c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@cap-js/audit-logging",
-  "version": "1.0.1",
+  "version": "1.0.2",
   "description": "CDS plugin providing integration to the SAP Audit Log service as well as out-of-the-box personal data-related audit logging based on annotations.",
   "repository": "cap-js/audit-logging",
   "author": "SAP SE (https://www.sap.com)",
diff --git a/srv/log2alsng.js b/srv/log2alsng.js
index 3208884..e290cbf 100644
--- a/srv/log2alsng.js
+++ b/srv/log2alsng.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ module.exports = class AuditLog2ALSNG extends AuditLogService {
     this._vcap = JSON.parse(process.env.VCAP_SERVICES || '{}')
     this._userProvided = this._vcap['user-provided']?.find(obj => obj.tags.includes('auditlog-ng')) || {}
     if (!this._userProvided.credentials) throw new Error('No credentials found for SAP Audit Log Service NG')
-    this._vcapApplication = this._vcap['VCAP_APPLICATION'] || {}
+    this._vcapApplication = JSON.parse(process.env.VCAP_APPLICATION || '{}')
   }
 
   async init() {