diff --git a/fluent-logging/values.yaml b/fluent-logging/values.yaml
index 7b8212a70..ae431afaf 100644
--- a/fluent-logging/values.yaml
+++ b/fluent-logging/values.yaml
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ conf:
         Time_Key: time
         Time_Format: "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%L"
         Time_Keep: On
+        Decode_Field_As: escaped_utf8 log
   fluentd:
     - metrics_agent:
         header: source