diff --git a/helm-charts/falcon-image-analyzer/Chart.yaml b/helm-charts/falcon-image-analyzer/Chart.yaml
index 1d49002b..f6bd46d6 100644
--- a/helm-charts/falcon-image-analyzer/Chart.yaml
+++ b/helm-charts/falcon-image-analyzer/Chart.yaml
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ type: application
 # This is the chart version. This version number should be incremented each time you make changes
 # to the chart and its templates, including the app version.
 # Versions are expected to follow Semantic Versioning (https://semver.org/)
-version: 1.1.6
+version: 1.1.7
 
 # This is the version number of the application being deployed. This version number should be
 # incremented each time you make changes to the application. Versions are not expected to
 # follow Semantic Versioning. They should reflect the version the application is using.
 # It is recommended to use it with quotes.
-appVersion: "1.0.11"
+appVersion: "1.0.12"
diff --git a/helm-charts/falcon-image-analyzer/README.md b/helm-charts/falcon-image-analyzer/README.md
index b3be62c1..00080a27 100644
--- a/helm-charts/falcon-image-analyzer/README.md
+++ b/helm-charts/falcon-image-analyzer/README.md
@@ -15,9 +15,11 @@ The Falcon Image Analyzer Helm chart has been tested to deploy on the following
 * SUSE Rancher K3s
 * Red Hat OpenShift Kubernetes
 
-## New updates in current release (1.1.5)
-- Adding a way to specify `priorityClassName` for pod. Image Support `1.0.11`
-- Configure securityContexts for deployments. Image Support requires version `1.0.11`
+## New updates in current release (1.1.7)
+- Adding a way to specify log output terminal `log/output:` . Image Support `1.0.12`
+use this field to set the output terminal of logs
+`1` = stdout ( some cloud providers like GCP assume any output on stderr to be critical err and display on console )  .
+`2` = stderr/default ( stderr is the normal output for logs ) . Any other value will be defaulted to stderr
 
 ## Dependencies
 
@@ -57,6 +59,7 @@ The following tables list the Falcon sensor configurable parameters and their de
 | `gcp.enabled`                  optional                                                                                    | Set to `true` if cluster is Gogle GKE or self-managed on Google Cloud GCP nodes.                                                                               | false                                                                                  |
 | `exclusions.namespace`                  optional   ( available in falcon-imageanalyzer >= 1.0.8 and Helm Chart v >= 1.1.3) | Set the value as a comma separate list of namespaces to be excluded. all pods in that namespace(s) will be excluded                                            | ""                                                                                     |
 | `exclusions.registry`                  optional   ( available in falcon-imageanalyzer >= 1.0.8 and Helm Chart v >= 1.1.3)  | Set the value as a comma separate list of registries to be excluded. all images in that registry(s) will be excluded                                           | ""                                                                                     |
+| `log.output`                  optional   ( available  Helm Chart v >= 1.1.7 & falcon-imageanalyzer >= 1.0.12)              | Set the value to for log output terminal. `2=stderr` and `1=stdout`                                                                                            | 2 ( stderr )                                                                           |
 | `crowdstrikeConfig.clusterName`     required                                                                               | Cluster name                                                                                                                                                   | None                                                                                   |
 | `crowdstrikeConfig.enableDebug`   optional                                                                                 | Set to `true` for debug level log verbosity.                                                                                                                   | false                                                                                  |
 | `crowdstrikeConfig.clientID`    required                                                                                   | CrowdStrike Falcon OAuth API Client ID                                                                                                                         | None                                                                                   |
diff --git a/helm-charts/falcon-image-analyzer/templates/configmap.yaml b/helm-charts/falcon-image-analyzer/templates/configmap.yaml
index d95d5eb2..f070da75 100644
--- a/helm-charts/falcon-image-analyzer/templates/configmap.yaml
+++ b/helm-charts/falcon-image-analyzer/templates/configmap.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ metadata:
   {{- include "falcon-image-analyzer.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
 data:
   IS_KUBERNETES: {{ .Values.isKubernetes | quote }}
+  LOG_OUTPUT: {{ .Values.log.output | quote }}
   AGENT_CID: {{ .Values.crowdstrikeConfig.cid | quote }}
   AGENT_CLUSTER_NAME: {{ .Values.crowdstrikeConfig.clusterName | quote }}
   AGENT_REGISTRY_CREDENTIALS: {{ .Values.privateRegistries.credentials | quote }}
diff --git a/helm-charts/falcon-image-analyzer/values.yaml b/helm-charts/falcon-image-analyzer/values.yaml
index dcf0b972..e940099d 100644
--- a/helm-charts/falcon-image-analyzer/values.yaml
+++ b/helm-charts/falcon-image-analyzer/values.yaml
@@ -133,6 +133,16 @@ volumes:
     emptyDir:
       sizeLimit: 20Gi
 
+
+# use this field to set the output terminal of logs
+# 1 = stdout ( some cloud providers like GCP assume any output on stderr to be critical err and display on console )  .
+# 2 = stderr/default ( stderr is the normal output for logs )
+# any other value will be defaulted to stderr
+# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4919093/should-i-log-messages-to-stderr-or-stdout/4919110#4919110 )
+
+log:
+  output: 2
+
 crowdstrikeConfig:
   clusterName: ""
   enableDebug: "false"