diff --git a/install/helm/open-match/templates/om-configmap-default.yaml b/install/helm/open-match/templates/om-configmap-default.yaml
index 88a4dbdf8..24c89020d 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 a0ccbee9a..5efc1cfb8 100644
--- a/install/helm/open-match/values-production.yaml
+++ b/install/helm/open-match/values-production.yaml
@@ -269,6 +269,7 @@ 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 342b8c055..324860867 100644
--- a/install/helm/open-match/values.yaml
+++ b/install/helm/open-match/values.yaml
@@ -272,6 +272,8 @@ global:
       mountPath: /app/secrets/tls/rootca
 
   logging:
+    level: info
+    format: text
     rpc:
       enabled: false