diff --git a/pkg/node/statusfunc.go b/pkg/node/statusfunc.go
index 6df2f0a4..94e249c3 100644
--- a/pkg/node/statusfunc.go
+++ b/pkg/node/statusfunc.go
@@ -45,7 +45,9 @@ type statusEvents struct {
 // kubectl get pods -o json
 type podStatusList struct {
 	Items []struct {
-		Name   string `json:"name"`
+		Metadata struct {
+			Name string `json:"name"`
+		} `json:"metadata"`
 		Status struct {
 			ContainerStatuses []struct {
 				ContainerID string `json:"containerID"`
@@ -149,13 +151,15 @@ func SystemPodsRunningFunc(h *cluster.Host) retryFunc {
 
 		for _, p := range pods.Items {
 			if p.Status.Phase != "Running" {
-				log.Debugf("%s: pod %s phase '%s'", h, p.Name, p.Status.Phase)
+				log.Debugf("%s: pod %s phase '%s'", h, p.Metadata.Name, p.Status.Phase)
 				continue
 			}
 			running++
 			for _, c := range p.Status.ContainerStatuses {
 				if !c.Ready {
 					log.Debugf("%s: container %s not ready %s (%s)", h, c.Name, c.State.Waiting.Reason, c.State.Waiting.Message)
+					_ = h.Exec(h.Configurer.KubectlCmdf(h, h.K0sDataDir(), "-n kube-system logs %s -c %s %s", p.Metadata.Name, c.Name), exec.Sudo(h))
+
 					continue
 				}
 				ready++