diff --git a/bbsim/templates/deployment.yaml b/bbsim/templates/deployment.yaml
index 596a462..279a0b6 100644
--- a/bbsim/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/bbsim/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
             "-i", "{{ .Values.pon_ports }}",
             "-aw", "{{ .Values.wpa_wait }}",
             "-dw", "{{ .Values.dhcp_wait }}",
+            "-k", "{{ .Values.kafka_broker }}",
           ]
           ports:
             - name: "bbsim-olt-id-{{ .Values.olt_id }}"
diff --git a/bbsim/values.yaml b/bbsim/values.yaml
index 30c4652..270b7d7 100644
--- a/bbsim/values.yaml
+++ b/bbsim/values.yaml
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@
 # -d option
 dhcp_wait: 120
 
+# -k option
+kafka_broker: 'cord-kafka.default.svc.cluster.local:9092'
+
 image:
   repository: 'voltha/voltha-bbsim'
   tag: '{{ .Chart.AppVersion }}'
diff --git a/logging/values.yaml b/logging/values.yaml
index 4188756..fb86e23 100644
--- a/logging/values.yaml
+++ b/logging/values.yaml
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
           group_id => "logstash_ck"
           metadata_max_age_ms => 60000 # recheck for new topics every minute
           # other topics that are not indexed: xos.gui_events, voltha.kpis, voltha.heartbeat
-          topics_pattern => '.*\.events|dhcp.*|onos.*|voltha.log.*|xos.log.*'
+          topics_pattern => '.*\.events|dhcp.*|onos.*|.*\.log.*'
           type => "cord-kafka"
         }
       }