diff --git a/src/cloud-api-adaptor/test/e2e/assessment_helpers.go b/src/cloud-api-adaptor/test/e2e/assessment_helpers.go
index de6a79c7e..210cb62f0 100644
--- a/src/cloud-api-adaptor/test/e2e/assessment_helpers.go
+++ b/src/cloud-api-adaptor/test/e2e/assessment_helpers.go
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ func GetSuccessfulAndErroredPods(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, client klien
 	return successPod, errorPod, podLogString, nil
 }
 
-func GetCaaPodLog(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, client klient.Client, pod *v1.Pod) (string, error) {
+func GetCaaPodLogForPod(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, client klient.Client, pod *v1.Pod) (string, error) {
 	nodeName, err := GetNodeNameFromPod(ctx, client, pod)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("GetCaaPodLog: GetNodeNameFromPod failed with %v", err)
@@ -452,6 +452,16 @@ func GetCaaPodLog(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, client klient.Client, pod *
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("GetCaaPodLog: failed to getStringFromPod: %v", err)
 	}
+
+	// Find the logs starting with the pod
+	pod_matcher := regexp.MustCompile(`[0-9]{4}\/[0-9]{2}\/[0-9]{2} ([0-1]?[0-9]|2[0-3]):[0-5][0-9]:[0-5][0-9] \[adaptor\/cloud\] create a sandbox [0-9|a-f]* for pod ` + pod.Name)
+	index := pod_matcher.FindStringIndex(podLogString)[0]
+	if index < 0 {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("GetCaaPodLog: couldn't find pod log matcher: %s in CAA log %s", pod_matcher, podLogString)
+	} else {
+		podLogString = podLogString[index:]
+	}
+
 	return podLogString, nil
 }