diff --git a/utilities/k8s-coredump/k8s-coredump/k8s_coredump/common/constants.py b/utilities/k8s-coredump/k8s-coredump/k8s_coredump/common/constants.py
index 9dffb704..2f503994 100644
--- a/utilities/k8s-coredump/k8s-coredump/k8s_coredump/common/constants.py
+++ b/utilities/k8s-coredump/k8s-coredump/k8s_coredump/common/constants.py
@@ -14,5 +14,7 @@ LOCALHOST_URL = "https://localhost:10250/pods"
 SYSTEMD_COREDUMP = "/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-coredump"
 
 
-logging.basicConfig(filename=K8S_COREDUMP_LOG, level=logging.DEBUG)
+logging.basicConfig(filename=K8S_COREDUMP_LOG, level=logging.DEBUG, 
+    format='%(asctime)s %(levelname)s %(message)s',
+    datefmt='%FT%T')
 LOG = logging.getLogger("k8s-coredump")
diff --git a/utilities/k8s-coredump/k8s-coredump/k8s_coredump/config_functions.py b/utilities/k8s-coredump/k8s-coredump/k8s_coredump/config_functions.py
index 69b49a4c..a518d940 100644
--- a/utilities/k8s-coredump/k8s-coredump/k8s_coredump/config_functions.py
+++ b/utilities/k8s-coredump/k8s-coredump/k8s_coredump/config_functions.py
@@ -66,9 +66,12 @@ def parse_core_pattern(string_core_pattern, **kwargs):
     str
         String with all the information replaced accordingly
     """
-    string_core_pattern = string_core_pattern.lower()
+    LOG.info(f'Full path passed to parse_core_pattern: {string_core_pattern}')
+    splited_path = string_core_pattern.split("/")
+    string_core_pattern = splited_path[splited_path.__len__()-1]
+
     LOG.info(f'Parsing core pattern: {string_core_pattern}')
-    processed_string = string_core_pattern
+    processed_string = string_core_pattern.lower()
     processed_string = processed_string.replace('%p', kwargs['pid'])
     processed_string = processed_string.replace('%u', kwargs['uid'])
     processed_string = processed_string.replace('%g', kwargs['gid'])
@@ -77,7 +80,12 @@ def parse_core_pattern(string_core_pattern, **kwargs):
     processed_string = processed_string.replace('%h', kwargs['hostname'])
     processed_string = processed_string.replace('%e', kwargs['comm2'])
     LOG.info(f'Core pattern parsed to {processed_string}')
-    return processed_string
+
+    splited_path[splited_path.__len__()-1] = processed_string
+    full_path_processed = "/".join(splited_path)
+    LOG.info(f'Full path parsed by parse_core_pattern: {full_path_processed}')
+
+    return full_path_processed
 
 
 def parse_size_config(string_config):
@@ -108,6 +116,7 @@ def parse_size_config(string_config):
                  f'(Multiplier of bytes: {size_properties["multiplier"]})')
         return float(value), size_properties
 
+    LOG.info(f'Unable to parse size configuration from: {string_config}')
     return None
 
 
diff --git a/utilities/k8s-coredump/k8s-coredump/k8s_coredump/coredump.py b/utilities/k8s-coredump/k8s-coredump/k8s_coredump/coredump.py
index ffcaebeb..308451d3 100644
--- a/utilities/k8s-coredump/k8s-coredump/k8s_coredump/coredump.py
+++ b/utilities/k8s-coredump/k8s-coredump/k8s_coredump/coredump.py
@@ -127,8 +127,8 @@ def CoreDumpHandler(**kwargs):
         except ValueError as e:
             LOG.error("Pod defined an invalid core dump annotation: %s" % e)
             sys.exit(-1)
-        except KeyError:
-            LOG.debug("Pod does have annotations defined")
+        except KeyError as e:
+            LOG.debug("Pod does have annotations defined but some configuration is missing: %s" % e)
             pass
 
     # not handled by pod, redirect to systemd coredump handler