diff --git a/pkg/agent/run.go b/pkg/agent/run.go
index 091c9338..88d3772e 100644
--- a/pkg/agent/run.go
+++ b/pkg/agent/run.go
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import (
 	clientgocorev1 "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/typed/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/record"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/manager"
 
 	"github.com/jetstack/preflight/api"
 	"github.com/jetstack/preflight/pkg/client"
@@ -141,15 +140,14 @@ func Run(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) (returnErr error) {
 		})
 	}
 
-	_, isVenConn := preflightClient.(*client.VenConnClient)
+	vcc, isVenConn := preflightClient.(*client.VenConnClient)
 	if isVenConn {
 		group.Go(func() error {
-			err := preflightClient.(manager.Runnable).Start(gctx)
+			err := vcc.Start(gctx)
 			if err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("failed to start a controller-runtime component: %v", err)
+				return fmt.Errorf("failed to start the VenConnClient: %v", err)
 			}
-
-			// The agent must stop if the controller-runtime component stops.
+			// The agent must stop if the venafi-connection-lib client stops.
 			cancel()
 			return nil
 		})
diff --git a/pkg/logs/logs.go b/pkg/logs/logs.go
index f2e6dd8f..bd8be765 100644
--- a/pkg/logs/logs.go
+++ b/pkg/logs/logs.go
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ func Initialize() error {
 	// to the global log logger. It can be removed when this is fixed upstream
 	// in vcert:  https://github.com/Venafi/vcert/pull/512
 	vcertLog.SetPrefix("")
-
+	klog.EnableContextualLogging(true)
 	// The venafi-connection-lib client uses various controller-runtime packages
 	// which emit log messages. Make sure those log messages are not discarded.
 	ctrlruntimelog.SetLogger(klog.Background().WithValues("source", "controller-runtime"))