diff --git a/internal/metrics/logfilemetricexporter/factory.go b/internal/metrics/logfilemetricexporter/factory.go
index 914652415..908915603 100644
--- a/internal/metrics/logfilemetricexporter/factory.go
+++ b/internal/metrics/logfilemetricexporter/factory.go
@@ -112,11 +112,18 @@ func newLogMetricsExporterContainer(exporter loggingv1a1.LogFileMetricExporter,
 			Protocol:      v1.ProtocolTCP,
 		},
 	}
-	exporterContainer.Command = []string{"/bin/bash"}
-	exporterContainer.Args = []string{"-c",
-		"/usr/local/bin/log-file-metric-exporter -verbosity=2 -dir=/var/log/pods -http=:2112 -keyFile=/etc/logfilemetricexporter/metrics/tls.key -crtFile=/etc/logfilemetricexporter/metrics/tls.crt -secureMetrics -tlsMinVersion=" +
-			tls.MinTLSVersion(tlsProfileSpec) + " -cipherSuites=" + strings.Join(tls.TLSCiphers(tlsProfileSpec), ",") +
-			" -groups=" + strings.Join(tls.TLSGroups(tlsProfileSpec), ",")}
+	exporterContainer.Command = []string{"/usr/local/bin/log-file-metric-exporter"}
+	exporterContainer.Args = []string{
+		"-verbosity=2",
+		"-dir=/var/log/pods",
+		"-http=:2112",
+		"-keyFile=/etc/logfilemetricexporter/metrics/tls.key",
+		"-crtFile=/etc/logfilemetricexporter/metrics/tls.crt",
+		"-secureMetrics",
+		"-tlsMinVersion=" + tls.MinTLSVersion(tlsProfileSpec),
+		"-cipherSuites=" + strings.Join(tls.TLSCiphers(tlsProfileSpec), ","),
+		"-groups=" + strings.Join(tls.TLSGroups(tlsProfileSpec), ","),
+	}
 
 	exporterContainer.VolumeMounts = []v1.VolumeMount{
 		{Name: logContainers, ReadOnly: true, MountPath: logContainersValue},