diff --git a/cmd/nerdctl/container_logs_test.go b/cmd/nerdctl/container_logs_test.go
index b5bac2fea65..47e451b505a 100644
--- a/cmd/nerdctl/container_logs_test.go
+++ b/cmd/nerdctl/container_logs_test.go
@@ -148,36 +148,34 @@ func TestLogsWithRunningContainer(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 	base := testutil.NewBase(t)
 	containerName := testutil.Identifier(t)
-	defer base.Cmd("rm", containerName).Run()
-	expected := []string{}
-	for i := 1; i <= 10; i++ {
-		expected = append(expected, fmt.Sprint(i))
+	defer base.Cmd("rm", "-f", containerName).Run()
+	expected := make([]string, 10)
+	for i := 0; i < 10; i++ {
+		expected[i] = fmt.Sprint(i + 1)
 	}
 
 	base.Cmd("run", "-d", "--name", containerName, testutil.CommonImage,
 		"sh", "-euc", "for i in `seq 1 10`; do echo $i; sleep 1; done").AssertOK()
 	base.Cmd("logs", "-f", containerName).AssertOutContainsAll(expected...)
-	base.Cmd("rm", "-f", containerName).AssertOK()
 }
 
-func TestLogsWithoutNewline(t *testing.T) {
+func TestLogsWithoutNewlineOrEOF(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 	base := testutil.NewBase(t)
 	containerName := testutil.Identifier(t)
-	defer base.Cmd("rm", containerName).Run()
+	defer base.Cmd("rm", "-f", containerName).Run()
 	expected := []string{"Hello World!", "There is no newline"}
 	base.Cmd("run", "-d", "--name", containerName, testutil.CommonImage,
 		"printf", "'Hello World!\nThere is no newline'").AssertOK()
 	time.Sleep(3 * time.Second)
 	base.Cmd("logs", "-f", containerName).AssertOutContainsAll(expected...)
-	base.Cmd("rm", "-f", containerName).AssertOK()
 }
 
 func TestLogsAfterRestartingContainer(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 	base := testutil.NewBase(t)
 	containerName := testutil.Identifier(t)
-	defer base.Cmd("rm", containerName).Run()
+	defer base.Cmd("rm", "-f", containerName).Run()
 	base.Cmd("run", "-d", "--name", containerName, testutil.CommonImage,
 		"printf", "'Hello World!\nThere is no newline'").AssertOK()
 	expected := []string{"Hello World!", "There is no newline"}
@@ -187,5 +185,4 @@ func TestLogsAfterRestartingContainer(t *testing.T) {
 	base.Cmd("start", containerName)
 	time.Sleep(3 * time.Second)
 	base.Cmd("logs", "-f", containerName).AssertOutContainsAll(expected...)
-	base.Cmd("rm", "-f", containerName).AssertOK()
 }
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/container/create.go b/pkg/cmd/container/create.go
index db8d9025305..15351ca33a2 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/container/create.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/container/create.go
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ func Create(ctx context.Context, client *containerd.Client, args []string, netMa
 	// 1, nerdctl run --name demo -it imagename
 	// 2, ctrl + c to stop demo container
 	// 3, nerdctl start/restart demo
-	logConfig, err := generateLogConfig(dataStore, id, options.LogDriver, options.LogOpt, &options.GOptions)
+	logConfig, err := generateLogConfig(dataStore, id, options.LogDriver, options.LogOpt, options.GOptions.Namespace, options.GOptions.Address)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
@@ -656,9 +656,9 @@ func writeCIDFile(path, id string) error {
 }
 
 // generateLogConfig creates a LogConfig for the current container store
-func generateLogConfig(dataStore string, id string, logDriver string, logOpt []string, gOpt *types.GlobalCommandOptions) (logConfig logging.LogConfig, err error) {
+func generateLogConfig(dataStore string, id string, logDriver string, logOpt []string, ns, hostAddress string) (logConfig logging.LogConfig, err error) {
 	var u *url.URL
-	logConfig.HostAddress = gOpt.Address
+	logConfig.HostAddress = hostAddress
 	if u, err = url.Parse(logDriver); err == nil && u.Scheme != "" {
 		logConfig.LogURI = logDriver
 	} else {
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ func generateLogConfig(dataStore string, id string, logDriver string, logOpt []s
 		if err != nil {
 			return
 		}
-		if err = logDriverInst.Init(dataStore, gOpt.Namespace, id); err != nil {
+		if err = logDriverInst.Init(dataStore, ns, id); err != nil {
 			return
 		}
 
@@ -685,7 +685,7 @@ func generateLogConfig(dataStore string, id string, logDriver string, logOpt []s
 			return
 		}
 
-		logConfigFilePath := logging.LogConfigFilePath(dataStore, gOpt.Namespace, id)
+		logConfigFilePath := logging.LogConfigFilePath(dataStore, ns, id)
 		if err = os.WriteFile(logConfigFilePath, logConfigB, 0600); err != nil {
 			return
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/logging/logging.go b/pkg/logging/logging.go
index cf8eb9b8ad8..864dc79db39 100644
--- a/pkg/logging/logging.go
+++ b/pkg/logging/logging.go
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ func loggingProcessAdapter(ctx context.Context, driver Driver, dataStore, hostAd
 	if err := driver.PreProcess(dataStore, config); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	exit, err := getContainerWait(ctx, hostAddress, config)
+	exitCh, err := getContainerWait(ctx, hostAddress, config)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -172,8 +172,8 @@ func loggingProcessAdapter(ctx context.Context, driver Driver, dataStore, hostAd
 	stdoutR, stdoutW := io.Pipe()
 	stderrR, stderrW := io.Pipe()
 	copyStream := func(reader io.Reader, writer *io.PipeWriter) {
-		// copy using a buffer of size 16K
-		buf := make([]byte, 16*1024)
+		// copy using a buffer of size 32K
+		buf := make([]byte, 32<<10)
 		_, err := io.CopyBuffer(writer, reader, buf)
 		if err != nil {
 			logrus.Errorf("failed to copy stream: %s", err)
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ func loggingProcessAdapter(ctx context.Context, driver Driver, dataStore, hostAd
 	}()
 	go func() {
 		// close stdout and stderr upon container exit
-		<-exit
+		<-exitCh
 		stdoutW.Close()
 		stderrW.Close()
 	}()