diff --git a/charts/base/templates/daemonset.yaml b/charts/base/templates/daemonset.yaml
index b5aadf0..2ae6a08 100644
--- a/charts/base/templates/daemonset.yaml
+++ b/charts/base/templates/daemonset.yaml
@@ -76,6 +76,11 @@ spec:
               name: containers
             - mountPath: /etc/null-logs/dynamic
               name: logs-config
+            {{- if .Values.logging.mountDockerContainers }}
+            - mountPath: /var/lib/docker/containers
+              name: docker-containers
+              readOnly: true
+            {{- end }}
             {{- if .Values.logging.streams.enabled }}
             - name: streams-config-vol
               mountPath: {{ .Values.logging.streams.mountPath | default "/etc/null-logs/streams-dd.conf" }}
@@ -90,6 +95,10 @@ spec:
           env:
             - name: NULL_LOGS_RELOAD_ENABLED
               value: 'true'
+            {{- if and (kindIs "bool" ((.Values.logging.applicationLogs).enabled)) (not .Values.logging.applicationLogs.enabled) }}
+            - name: APPLICATION_LOGS_DISABLED
+              value: "true"
+            {{- end }}
             {{- if .Values.logging.gelf.enabled }}
             - name: GELF_LOGS_ENABLED
               value: 'true'
@@ -100,9 +109,9 @@ spec:
             {{- end }}
             {{- if .Values.logging.dynatrace.enabled }}
             - name: DYNATRACE_LOGS_ENABLED
-              value: 'true'
+              value: {{ .Values.logging.dynatrace.logsEnabled | quote }}
             - name: DYNATRACE_PERFORMANCE_METRICS_ENABLED
-              value: 'true'
+              value: {{ .Values.logging.dynatrace.metricsEnabled | quote }}
             {{- end }}
             - name: LOG_RESERVE_DATA
               value: 'False'
@@ -110,9 +119,9 @@ spec:
               value: message
             {{- if .Values.logging.datadog.enabled }}
             - name: DATADOG_LOGS_ENABLED
-              value: 'true'
+              value: {{ .Values.logging.datadog.logsEnabled | quote }}
             - name: DATADOG_PERFORMANCE_METRICS_ENABLED
-              value: 'true'
+              value: {{ .Values.logging.datadog.metricsEnabled | quote }}
             {{- if .Values.logging.datadog.region }}
             - name: DATADOG_REGION
               value: {{ .Values.logging.datadog.region | quote }}
@@ -125,9 +134,9 @@ spec:
             {{- end }}
             {{- if .Values.logging.newrelic.enabled }}
             - name: NEWRELIC_LOGS_ENABLED
-              value: "true"
+              value: {{ .Values.logging.newrelic.logsEnabled | quote }}
             - name: NEWRELIC_PERFORMANCE_METRICS_ENABLED
-              value: "true"
+              value: {{ .Values.logging.newrelic.metricsEnabled | quote }}
             - name: NEWRELIC_LICENSE_KEY
               value: {{ .Values.logging.newrelic.licenseKey | quote }}
             {{- if .Values.logging.newrelic.region }}
@@ -204,5 +213,10 @@ spec:
           configMap:
             name: {{ .Values.logging.streamsConfigMapName | default "streams-dd-config" }}
         {{- end }}
+        {{- if .Values.logging.mountDockerContainers }}
+        - name: docker-containers
+          hostPath:
+            path: /var/lib/docker/containers
+        {{- end }}
 
 {{- end}}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/charts/base/values.yaml b/charts/base/values.yaml
index df079fe..6a6cb89 100644
--- a/charts/base/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/base/values.yaml
@@ -150,13 +150,18 @@ logging:
   #     effect: "NoSchedule"
   tolerations: []
   ensureLease: false
+  applicationLogs:
+    # Set to false to disable all application log forwarding across every provider.
+    # Only the metrics pipeline (http aggregation, system metrics) will remain active.
+    enabled: true
+  mountDockerContainers: false  # set to true when using Docker container runtime (e.g. Minikube)
   streams:
     enabled: false
     mountPath: "/etc/null-logs/streams-dd.conf"
     subPath: "streams-dd.conf"
   streamsConfigMapName: "streams-dd-config"
   controller:
-    image: "public.ecr.aws/nullplatform/k8s-logs-controller:latest"
+    image: "public.ecr.aws/nullplatform/k8s-logs-controller:beta-295461e"
     resources:
       requests:
         cpu: 100m
@@ -181,14 +186,20 @@ logging:
     matchRegex: "container.*.application"
   dynatrace:
     enabled: false
+    logsEnabled: true    # set to false to send only metrics (DYNATRACE_PERFORMANCE_METRICS_ENABLED)
+    metricsEnabled: true  # set to false to send only logs
     apiKey: ""
     environmentId: ""
   datadog:
     enabled: false
+    logsEnabled: true    # set to false to send only metrics (DATADOG_PERFORMANCE_METRICS_ENABLED)
+    metricsEnabled: true  # set to false to send only logs
     apiKey: ""
     region: ""
   newrelic:
     enabled: false
+    logsEnabled: true    # set to false to send only metrics (NEWRELIC_PERFORMANCE_METRICS_ENABLED)
+    metricsEnabled: true  # set to false to send only logs
     licenseKey: ""
     region: ""
 # CloudWatch configuration