diff --git a/cmd/controller/main.go b/cmd/controller/main.go
index c6f3edf7..b32a4045 100644
--- a/cmd/controller/main.go
+++ b/cmd/controller/main.go
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ import (
 	informers "github.com/stefanprodan/steerer/pkg/client/informers/externalversions"
 	"github.com/stefanprodan/steerer/pkg/controller"
 	"github.com/stefanprodan/steerer/pkg/logging"
+	"github.com/stefanprodan/steerer/pkg/version"
+	"go.uber.org/zap"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth/gcp"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache"
@@ -19,23 +21,25 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	masterURL  string
-	kubeconfig string
-	metricServer string
+	masterURL     string
+	kubeconfig    string
+	metricServer  string
 	rolloutWindow time.Duration
+	logLevel      string
 )
 
 func init() {
 	flag.StringVar(&kubeconfig, "kubeconfig", "", "Path to a kubeconfig. Only required if out-of-cluster.")
 	flag.StringVar(&masterURL, "master", "", "The address of the Kubernetes API server. Overrides any value in kubeconfig. Only required if out-of-cluster.")
-	flag.StringVar(&metricServer, "prometheus", "https://prometheus.istio.weavedx.com", "Prometheus URL")
+	flag.StringVar(&metricServer, "prometheus", "http://prometheus:9090", "Prometheus URL")
 	flag.DurationVar(&rolloutWindow, "window", 10*time.Second, "wait interval between deployment rollouts")
+	flag.StringVar(&logLevel, "level", "debug", "Log level can be: debug, info, warning, error.")
 }
 
 func main() {
 	flag.Parse()
 
-	logger, err := logging.NewLogger("debug")
+	logger, err := logging.NewLogger(logLevel)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("Error creating logger: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -70,7 +74,12 @@ func main() {
 	if err != nil {
 		logger.Fatalf("Error calling Kubernetes API: %v", err)
 	}
-	logger.Infof("Kubernetes version %v", ver)
+
+	logger.Infow("Starting steerer",
+		zap.String("version", version.VERSION),
+		zap.String("revision", version.REVISION),
+		zap.String("metrics provider", metricServer),
+		zap.Any("kubernetes version", ver))
 
 	c := controller.NewController(
 		kubeClient,
diff --git a/pkg/controller/controller.go b/pkg/controller/controller.go
index afbebec4..c534d995 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/controller.go
@@ -235,12 +235,12 @@ func (c *Controller) handleObject(obj interface{}) {
 
 }
 
-func (c *Controller) recordEventInfof(r *rolloutv1.Rollout, template string, args ...interface{})  {
+func (c *Controller) recordEventInfof(r *rolloutv1.Rollout, template string, args ...interface{}) {
 	c.logger.Infof(template, args...)
 	c.recorder.Event(r, corev1.EventTypeNormal, "Synced", fmt.Sprintf(template, args...))
 }
 
-func (c *Controller) recordEventErrorf(r *rolloutv1.Rollout, template string, args ...interface{})  {
+func (c *Controller) recordEventErrorf(r *rolloutv1.Rollout, template string, args ...interface{}) {
 	c.logger.Errorf(template, args...)
 	c.recorder.Event(r, corev1.EventTypeWarning, "Synced", fmt.Sprintf(template, args...))
 }
diff --git a/pkg/controller/deployment.go b/pkg/controller/deployment.go
index 14666365..e494270e 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/deployment.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/deployment.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func (c *Controller) advanceDeploymentRollout(name string, namespace string) {
 
 	// skip HTTP error rate check when no traffic is routed to canary
 	if canaryRoute.Weight == 0 {
-		c.recordEventInfof(r,"Stating rollout for %s.%s", r.Name, r.Namespace)
+		c.recordEventInfof(r, "Stating rollout for %s.%s", r.Name, r.Namespace)
 	} else {
 		if ok := c.checkDeploymentSuccessRate(r); !ok {
 			return
@@ -69,20 +69,20 @@ func (c *Controller) advanceDeploymentRollout(name string, namespace string) {
 
 		_, err := c.istioClient.NetworkingV1alpha3().VirtualServices(r.Namespace).Update(vs)
 		if err != nil {
-			c.recordEventErrorf(r,"VirtualService %s.%s update failed: %v", r.Spec.VirtualService.Name, r.Namespace, err)
+			c.recordEventErrorf(r, "VirtualService %s.%s update failed: %v", r.Spec.VirtualService.Name, r.Namespace, err)
 			return
 		} else {
-			c.recordEventInfof(r,"Advance rollout %s.%s weight %v", r.Name, r.Namespace, canaryRoute.Weight)
+			c.recordEventInfof(r, "Advance rollout %s.%s weight %v", r.Name, r.Namespace, canaryRoute.Weight)
 		}
 
 		if canaryRoute.Weight == 100 {
-			c.recordEventInfof(r,"Copying %s.%s template spec to %s.%s",
+			c.recordEventInfof(r, "Copying %s.%s template spec to %s.%s",
 				canary.GetName(), canary.Namespace, primary.GetName(), primary.Namespace)
 
 			primary.Spec.Template.Spec = canary.Spec.Template.Spec
 			_, err = c.kubeClient.AppsV1().Deployments(primary.Namespace).Update(primary)
 			if err != nil {
-				c.recordEventErrorf(r,"Deployment %s.%s promotion failed: %v", primary.GetName(), primary.Namespace, err)
+				c.recordEventErrorf(r, "Deployment %s.%s promotion failed: %v", primary.GetName(), primary.Namespace, err)
 				return
 			}
 		}
@@ -97,10 +97,10 @@ func (c *Controller) advanceDeploymentRollout(name string, namespace string) {
 		vs.Annotations[statusAnnotation] = "finished"
 		_, err := c.istioClient.NetworkingV1alpha3().VirtualServices(r.Namespace).Update(vs)
 		if err != nil {
-			c.recordEventErrorf(r,"VirtualService %s.%s annotations update failed: %v", r.Spec.VirtualService.Name, r.Namespace, err)
+			c.recordEventErrorf(r, "VirtualService %s.%s annotations update failed: %v", r.Spec.VirtualService.Name, r.Namespace, err)
 			return
 		}
-		c.recordEventInfof(r,"%s.%s promotion complete! Scaling down %s.%s",
+		c.recordEventInfof(r, "%s.%s promotion complete! Scaling down %s.%s",
 			r.Name, r.Namespace, canary.GetName(), canary.Namespace)
 		c.scaleToZeroCanary(r)
 	}
@@ -109,14 +109,14 @@ func (c *Controller) advanceDeploymentRollout(name string, namespace string) {
 func (c *Controller) scaleToZeroCanary(r *rolloutv1.Rollout) {
 	canary, err := c.kubeClient.AppsV1().Deployments(r.Namespace).Get(r.Spec.Canary.Name, v1.GetOptions{})
 	if err != nil {
-		c.recordEventErrorf(r,"Deployment %s.%s not found", r.Spec.Canary.Name, r.Namespace)
+		c.recordEventErrorf(r, "Deployment %s.%s not found", r.Spec.Canary.Name, r.Namespace)
 		return
 	}
 	//HPA https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/29212
 	canary.Spec.Replicas = int32p(0)
 	_, err = c.kubeClient.AppsV1().Deployments(canary.Namespace).Update(canary)
 	if err != nil {
-		c.recordEventErrorf(r,"Scaling down %s.%s failed: %v", canary.GetName(), canary.Namespace, err)
+		c.recordEventErrorf(r, "Scaling down %s.%s failed: %v", canary.GetName(), canary.Namespace, err)
 		return
 	}
 }
@@ -124,12 +124,12 @@ func (c *Controller) scaleToZeroCanary(r *rolloutv1.Rollout) {
 func (c *Controller) checkDeploymentSuccessRate(r *rolloutv1.Rollout) bool {
 	val, err := c.getDeploymentMetric(r.Spec.Canary.Name, r.Namespace, r.Spec.Metric.Name, r.Spec.Metric.Interval)
 	if err != nil {
-		c.recordEventErrorf(r,"Metric query error: %v", err)
+		c.recordEventErrorf(r, "Metric query error: %v", err)
 		return false
 	}
 
 	if float64(r.Spec.Metric.Threshold) > val {
-		c.recordEventErrorf(r,"Halt rollout %s.%s success rate %.2f%% < %v%%",
+		c.recordEventErrorf(r, "Halt rollout %s.%s success rate %.2f%% < %v%%",
 			r.Name, r.Namespace, val, r.Spec.Metric.Threshold)
 		return false
 	}
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ func (c *Controller) updateRolloutAnnotations(r *rolloutv1.Rollout, canaryVersio
 		r.Annotations[statusAnnotation] = "running"
 		r, err = c.rolloutClient.AppsV1beta1().Rollouts(r.Namespace).Update(r)
 		if err != nil {
-			c.recordEventErrorf(r,"Rollout %s.%s annotations update failed: %v", r.Name, r.Namespace, err)
+			c.recordEventErrorf(r, "Rollout %s.%s annotations update failed: %v", r.Name, r.Namespace, err)
 			return false
 		}
 		return true
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ func (c *Controller) updateRolloutAnnotations(r *rolloutv1.Rollout, canaryVersio
 			r.Annotations[statusAnnotation] = "running"
 			r, err = c.rolloutClient.AppsV1beta1().Rollouts(r.Namespace).Update(r)
 			if err != nil {
-				c.recordEventErrorf(r,"Rollout %s.%s annotations update failed: %v", r.Name, r.Namespace, err)
+				c.recordEventErrorf(r, "Rollout %s.%s annotations update failed: %v", r.Name, r.Namespace, err)
 				return false
 			}
 			return true
diff --git a/pkg/logging/logger.go b/pkg/logging/logger.go
index 587d994d..32c6586d 100644
--- a/pkg/logging/logger.go
+++ b/pkg/logging/logger.go
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 package logging
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 	"go.uber.org/zap/zapcore"
-	"os"
-	"fmt"
 )
 
 func NewLogger(logLevel string) (*zap.SugaredLogger, error) {
diff --git a/pkg/version/version.go b/pkg/version/version.go
index 09b5be6a..ad871ee1 100644
--- a/pkg/version/version.go
+++ b/pkg/version/version.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 package version
 
-var VERSION = "0.0.1-alpha.1"
+var VERSION = "unknown"
 var REVISION = "unknown"