diff --git a/controllers/horizon_controller.go b/controllers/horizon_controller.go
index 4a7db03..ee31dc8 100644
--- a/controllers/horizon_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/horizon_controller.go
@@ -907,6 +907,10 @@ func (r *HorizonReconciler) generateServiceConfigMaps(
 		templateParameters["SSLCertificateKeyFile"] = fmt.Sprintf("/etc/pki/tls/private/%s.key", horizon.ServiceName)
 	}
 
+	templateParameters := map[string]interface{}{
+		"LogFile": horizon.LogFile,
+	}
+
 	cms := []util.Template{
 		// ConfigMap
 		{
diff --git a/pkg/horizon/const.go b/pkg/horizon/const.go
index 010f680..df813b6 100644
--- a/pkg/horizon/const.go
+++ b/pkg/horizon/const.go
@@ -38,9 +38,27 @@ const (
 	// HorizonExtraVolTypeUndefined can be used to label an extraMount which is
 	// not associated to anything in particular
 	HorizonExtraVolTypeUndefined storage.ExtraVolType = "Undefined"
+
 	// Horizon is the global ServiceType that refers to all the components deployed
 	// by the horizon-operator
 	Horizon storage.PropagationType = "Horizon"
+
+	//LogFile -
+	LogFile = "/var/log/horizon/horizon.log"
+
+	// logVolume -
+	logVolume = "logs"
+
+	DefaultsConfigFileName = "00-config.conf"
+	// ServiceConfigFileName - Represents service config generated in the operator
+	ServiceConfigFileName = "01-config.conf"
+	// CustomConfigFileName - Config snippets inherited by the top-level CR
+	CustomConfigFileName = "02-config.conf"
+	// CustomServiceConfigFileName - Config snippets defined for the sub CR
+	CustomServiceConfigFileName = "03-config.conf"
+	// CustomServiceConfigSecretsFileName - Snippet generated by Secrets passed
+	// to the sub CR
+	CustomServiceConfigSecretsFileName = "04-config.conf"
 )
 
 // HorizonPropagation is the  definition of the Horizon propagation service
diff --git a/pkg/horizon/deployment.go b/pkg/horizon/deployment.go
index cec0da8..92e0e7f 100644
--- a/pkg/horizon/deployment.go
+++ b/pkg/horizon/deployment.go
@@ -135,6 +135,22 @@ func Deployment(
 				Spec: corev1.PodSpec{
 					ServiceAccountName: instance.RbacResourceName(),
 					Containers: []corev1.Container{
+						// the first container in a pod is the default selected
+						// by oc log so define the log stream container first.
+						{
+							Name: instance.Name + "-log",
+							Command: []string{
+								"/bin/bash",
+							},
+							Args:  []string{"-c", "tail -n+1 -F " + LogFile},
+							Image: instance.Spec.ContainerImage,
+							SecurityContext: &corev1.SecurityContext{
+								RunAsUser: &runAsUser,
+							},
+							Env:          env.MergeEnvs([]corev1.EnvVar{}, envVars),
+							VolumeMounts: []corev1.VolumeMount{GetLogVolumeMount()},
+							Resources:    instance.Spec.Resources,
+						},
 						{
 							Name: ServiceName,
 							Command: []string{
@@ -146,6 +162,7 @@ func Deployment(
 							},
 							Env:            env.MergeEnvs([]corev1.EnvVar{}, envVars),
 							VolumeMounts:   volumeMounts,
+                                                                []corev1.VolumeMount{GetLogVolumeMount()}...),
 							Resources:      instance.Spec.Resources,
 							ReadinessProbe: readinessProbe,
 							LivenessProbe:  livenessProbe,
@@ -158,6 +175,9 @@ func Deployment(
 			},
 		},
 	}
+	deployment.Spec.Template.Spec.Volumes = append(GetVolumes(
+                instance.Name,
+		instance.Spec.ExtraMounts), GetLogVolume())
 	deployment.Spec.Template.Spec.Affinity = affinity.DistributePods(
 		common.AppSelector,
 		[]string{
diff --git a/pkg/horizon/volumes.go b/pkg/horizon/volumes.go
index 38dc2f5..b41bf9b 100644
--- a/pkg/horizon/volumes.go
+++ b/pkg/horizon/volumes.go
@@ -96,3 +96,22 @@ func getVolumeMounts(
 	}
 	return vm
 }
+
+// GetLogVolumeMount - Horizon API LogVolumeMount
+func GetLogVolumeMount() corev1.VolumeMount {
+	return corev1.VolumeMount{
+		Name:      logVolume,
+		MountPath: "/var/log/horizon",
+		ReadOnly:  false,
+	}
+}
+
+// GetLogVolume - Horizon API LogVolume
+func GetLogVolume() corev1.Volume {
+	return corev1.Volume{
+		Name: logVolume,
+		VolumeSource: corev1.VolumeSource{
+			EmptyDir: &corev1.EmptyDirVolumeSource{Medium: ""},
+		},
+	}
+}
diff --git a/templates/horizon/config/01-config.conf b/templates/horizon/config/01-config.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e67156c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/horizon/config/01-config.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[DEFAULT]
+log_file = {{ .LogFile }}