diff --git a/common/leaderelection/leaderelection.go b/common/leaderelection/leaderelection.go
index deac594c3c..3027c02887 100644
--- a/common/leaderelection/leaderelection.go
+++ b/common/leaderelection/leaderelection.go
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify"
 	"github.com/nats-io/graft"
 	nats "github.com/nats-io/nats.go"
-	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
@@ -79,7 +78,7 @@ func getEventBusAuth(ctx context.Context, authStrategy *eventbusv1alpha1.AuthStr
 			Strategy: eventbusv1alpha1.AuthStrategyNone,
 		}
 	} else {
-		v := viper.New()
+		v := common.ViperWithLogging()
 		v.SetConfigName("auth")
 		v.SetConfigType("yaml")
 		v.AddConfigPath(eventBusAuthFileMountPath)
diff --git a/common/viper.go b/common/viper.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b53b3a72a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/viper.go
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2024 BlackRock, Inc.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+	http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package common
+
+import (
+	"github.com/spf13/viper"
+	"log/slog"
+	"os"
+)
+
+func ViperWithLogging() *viper.Viper {
+	v := viper.NewWithOptions(viper.WithLogger(slog.New(slog.NewJSONHandler(os.Stdout, nil))))
+	return v
+}
diff --git a/controllers/config.go b/controllers/config.go
index c64365ea1b..f335468a1a 100644
--- a/controllers/config.go
+++ b/controllers/config.go
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/argoproj/argo-events/common"
 	"github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify"
-	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 )
 
 type GlobalConfig struct {
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ func (g *GlobalConfig) GetJetStreamVersion(version string) (*JetStreamVersion, e
 }
 
 func LoadConfig(onErrorReloading func(error)) (*GlobalConfig, error) {
-	v := viper.New()
+	v := common.ViperWithLogging()
 	v.SetConfigName("controller-config")
 	v.SetConfigType("yaml")
 	v.AddConfigPath("/etc/argo-events")
diff --git a/eventbus/driver.go b/eventbus/driver.go
index 585aa67db7..06fc095788 100644
--- a/eventbus/driver.go
+++ b/eventbus/driver.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import (
 	stansensor "github.com/argoproj/argo-events/eventbus/stan/sensor"
 	eventbusv1alpha1 "github.com/argoproj/argo-events/pkg/apis/eventbus/v1alpha1"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-events/pkg/apis/sensor/v1alpha1"
-	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 )
 
 func GetEventSourceDriver(ctx context.Context, eventBusConfig eventbusv1alpha1.BusConfig, eventSourceName string, defaultSubject string) (eventbuscommon.EventSourceDriver, error) {
@@ -134,7 +133,7 @@ func GetAuth(ctx context.Context, eventBusConfig eventbusv1alpha1.BusConfig) (*e
 			Strategy: eventbusv1alpha1.AuthStrategyNone,
 		}
 	} else {
-		v := viper.New()
+		v := common.ViperWithLogging()
 		v.SetConfigName("auth")
 		v.SetConfigType("yaml")
 		v.AddConfigPath(common.EventBusAuthFileMountPath)