diff --git a/install/helm/open-match/templates/om-configmap-default.yaml b/install/helm/open-match/templates/om-configmap-default.yaml
index 05c00f397..95ab50686 100644
--- a/install/helm/open-match/templates/om-configmap-default.yaml
+++ b/install/helm/open-match/templates/om-configmap-default.yaml
@@ -26,15 +26,11 @@ metadata:
 data:
   matchmaker_config_default.yaml: |-
     logging:
-      {{- if .Values.global.logging.level }}
-      level: {{ .Values.global.logging.level }}
-      {{- else }}
-      level: debug
-      {{- end }}
+      level: {{ default "debug" .Values.global.logging.level }}
       {{- if .Values.global.telemetry.stackdriverMetrics.enabled }}
       format: stackdriver
       {{- else }}
-      format: text
+      format: {{ default "text" .Values.global.logging.format }}
       {{- end }}
       rpc: {{ .Values.global.logging.rpc.enabled }}
     # Open Match applies the exponential backoff strategy for its retryable gRPC calls.
diff --git a/install/helm/open-match/values-production.yaml b/install/helm/open-match/values-production.yaml
index 9a2761e0a..61540d21b 100644
--- a/install/helm/open-match/values-production.yaml
+++ b/install/helm/open-match/values-production.yaml
@@ -290,6 +290,7 @@ global:
       mountPath: /app/secrets/tls/rootca
 
   logging:
+    level: info
     rpc:
       enabled: false
 
diff --git a/install/helm/open-match/values.yaml b/install/helm/open-match/values.yaml
index 2ae72438e..61451ce80 100644
--- a/install/helm/open-match/values.yaml
+++ b/install/helm/open-match/values.yaml
@@ -288,6 +288,8 @@ global:
       mountPath: /app/secrets/tls/rootca
 
   logging:
+    level: info
+    format: text
     rpc:
       enabled: false