diff --git a/cmd/provider/main.go b/cmd/provider/main.go
index 7788c9d..0737864 100644
--- a/cmd/provider/main.go
+++ b/cmd/provider/main.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"context"
 	"io"
+	"log"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"time"
@@ -61,9 +62,11 @@ func main() {
 	)
 
 	kingpin.MustParse(app.Parse(os.Args[1:]))
+	log.Default().SetOutput(io.Discard)
+	ctrl.SetLogger(zap.New(zap.WriteTo(io.Discard)))
 
 	zl := zap.New(zap.UseDevMode(*debug))
-	log := logging.NewLogrLogger(zl.WithName("provider-artfactory"))
+	logr := logging.NewLogrLogger(zl.WithName("provider-artfactory"))
 	if *debug {
 		// The controller-runtime runs with a no-op logger by default. It is
 		// *very* verbose even at info level, so we only provide it a real
@@ -71,11 +74,11 @@ func main() {
 		ctrl.SetLogger(zl)
 	} else {
 		// In non debug mode, setting the logger to no-op to fix the runtime warning which says
-		// log.SetLogger(...) was never called
+		// logr.SetLogger(...) was never called
 		ctrl.SetLogger(zap.New(zap.WriteTo(io.Discard)))
 	}
 
-	log.Debug("Starting", "sync-period", syncPeriod.String(), "poll-interval", pollInterval.String(), "max-reconcile-rate", *maxReconcileRate)
+	logr.Debug("Starting", "sync-period", syncPeriod.String(), "poll-interval", pollInterval.String(), "max-reconcile-rate", *maxReconcileRate)
 
 	cfg, err := ctrl.GetConfig()
 	kingpin.FatalIfError(err, "Cannot get API server rest config")
@@ -101,7 +104,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	o := tjcontroller.Options{
 		Options: xpcontroller.Options{
-			Logger:                  log,
+			Logger:                  logr,
 			GlobalRateLimiter:       ratelimiter.NewGlobal(*maxReconcileRate),
 			PollInterval:            *pollInterval,
 			MaxConcurrentReconciles: *maxReconcileRate,
@@ -114,19 +117,19 @@ func main() {
 		},
 		Provider: config.GetProvider(),
 		// use the following WorkspaceStoreOption to enable the shared gRPC mode
-		// terraform.WithProviderRunner(terraform.NewSharedProvider(log, os.Getenv("TERRAFORM_NATIVE_PROVIDER_PATH"), terraform.WithNativeProviderArgs("-debuggable")))
-		WorkspaceStore: terraform.NewWorkspaceStore(log),
+		// terraform.WithProviderRunner(terraform.NewSharedProvider(logr, os.Getenv("TERRAFORM_NATIVE_PROVIDER_PATH"), terraform.WithNativeProviderArgs("-debuggable")))
+		WorkspaceStore: terraform.NewWorkspaceStore(logr),
 		SetupFn:        clients.TerraformSetupBuilder(*terraformVersion, *providerSource, *providerVersion),
 	}
 
 	if *enableExternalSecretStores {
 		o.Features.Enable(features.EnableAlphaExternalSecretStores)
 		o.SecretStoreConfigGVK = &v1alpha1.StoreConfigGroupVersionKind
-		log.Info("Alpha feature enabled", "flag", features.EnableAlphaExternalSecretStores)
+		logr.Info("Alpha feature enabled", "flag", features.EnableAlphaExternalSecretStores)
 
 		o.ESSOptions = &tjcontroller.ESSOptions{}
 		if *essTLSCertsPath != "" {
-			log.Info("ESS TLS certificates path is set. Loading mTLS configuration.")
+			logr.Info("ESS TLS certificates path is set. Loading mTLS configuration.")
 			tCfg, err := certificates.LoadMTLSConfig(filepath.Join(*essTLSCertsPath, "ca.crt"), filepath.Join(*essTLSCertsPath, "tls.crt"), filepath.Join(*essTLSCertsPath, "tls.key"), false)
 			kingpin.FatalIfError(err, "Cannot load ESS TLS config.")
 
@@ -150,7 +153,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	if *enableManagementPolicies {
 		o.Features.Enable(features.EnableBetaManagementPolicies)
-		log.Info("Beta feature enabled", "flag", features.EnableBetaManagementPolicies)
+		logr.Info("Beta feature enabled", "flag", features.EnableBetaManagementPolicies)
 	}
 
 	kingpin.FatalIfError(controller.Setup(mgr, o), "Cannot setup Artifactory controllers")