diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3b27d9e6..216fccbd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 * Ensure consistent construction of libraries for CDI spec generation.
 * Ensure that `nvidia-ctk cdi transform` creates specs with world-readable permissions.
 * Remove provenance information from published images.
+* Fix bug in processing of `--log=` argument of `nvidia-container-runtime`.
 
 ## v1.15.0
 
diff --git a/internal/runtime/logger.go b/internal/runtime/logger.go
index 1b950026..adb786ec 100644
--- a/internal/runtime/logger.go
+++ b/internal/runtime/logger.go
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ func parseArgs(args []string) loggerConfig {
 		var value string
 		switch {
 		case len(parts) == 2:
-			value = parts[2]
+			value = parts[1]
 		case i+1 < len(args):
 			value = args[i+1]
 			i++