diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bd6ac824..88218264 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ or [github.com/prometheus/exporter-toolkit](https://github.com/prometheus/export
 
 ## Run it as container
 
-    docker run --rm -p 9984:9984 gesellix/couchdb-prometheus-exporter --couchdb.uri=http://couchdb:5984 --logtostderr
+    docker run --rm -p 9984:9984 gesellix/couchdb-prometheus-exporter --couchdb.uri=http://couchdb:5984
 
 Please note that host names like `localhost` won't leave the container, so you have to use non-loopback
 dns names or ip addresses when configuring the CouchDB URI.
diff --git a/examples/compose/docker-compose-cluster.yml b/examples/compose/docker-compose-cluster.yml
index ee0b5825..dd6afff8 100644
--- a/examples/compose/docker-compose-cluster.yml
+++ b/examples/compose/docker-compose-cluster.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ services:
 
   couchdbstats:
     image: "gesellix/couchdb-prometheus-exporter:${COUCHDB_EXPORTER_VERSION:-latest}"
-    command: --couchdb.uri=http://couchdb1:5984 --logtostderr
+    command: --couchdb.uri=http://couchdb1:5984
     env_file: .couchdb-env
     networks:
       couchdb-cluster:
diff --git a/examples/compose/docker-compose-integrationtest.yml b/examples/compose/docker-compose-integrationtest.yml
index f6f4ceff..1c180c81 100644
--- a/examples/compose/docker-compose-integrationtest.yml
+++ b/examples/compose/docker-compose-integrationtest.yml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ services:
 
   couchdbstats1:
     image: "gesellix/couchdb-prometheus-exporter:${COUCHDB_EXPORTER_VERSION:-latest}"
-    command: --couchdb.uri=http://couchdb_node_1:5984 --logtostderr --databases=_all_dbs --databases.views=true
+    command: --couchdb.uri=http://couchdb_node_1:5984 --databases=_all_dbs --databases.views=true
     environment:
       - "COUCHDB_USERNAME=${COUCHDB_USER:-root}"
       - "COUCHDB_PASSWORD=${COUCHDB_PASSWORD:-a-secret}"
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ services:
 
   couchdbstats2:
     image: "gesellix/couchdb-prometheus-exporter:${COUCHDB_EXPORTER_VERSION:-latest}"
-    command: --couchdb.uri=http://couchdb_node_2:5984 --logtostderr --databases=_all_dbs --databases.views=true
+    command: --couchdb.uri=http://couchdb_node_2:5984 --databases=_all_dbs --databases.views=true
     environment:
       - "COUCHDB_USERNAME=${COUCHDB_USER:-root}"
       - "COUCHDB_PASSWORD=${COUCHDB_PASSWORD:-a-secret}"
diff --git a/examples/compose/docker-compose.yml b/examples/compose/docker-compose.yml
index e94a71e7..6153a152 100644
--- a/examples/compose/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/examples/compose/docker-compose.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ services:
 
   couchdbstats:
     image: "gesellix/couchdb-prometheus-exporter:${COUCHDB_EXPORTER_VERSION:-latest}"
-    command: --couchdb.uri=http://couchdb:5984 --logtostderr
+    command: --couchdb.uri=http://couchdb:5984
     env_file: .couchdb-env
     networks:
       - couchdb-test
diff --git a/examples/grafana/docker-traefik-stack.yml b/examples/grafana/docker-traefik-stack.yml
index f127980e..0fd26cf4 100644
--- a/examples/grafana/docker-traefik-stack.yml
+++ b/examples/grafana/docker-traefik-stack.yml
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ services:
 
   couchdbstats1:
     image: "gesellix/couchdb-prometheus-exporter:${COUCHDB_EXPORTER_VERSION:-latest}"
-    command: --couchdb.uri=http://couchdb1.local:5984 --logtostderr --databases=_all_dbs
+    command: --couchdb.uri=http://couchdb1.local:5984 --databases=_all_dbs
     environment:
       - "COUCHDB_USERNAME=${COUCHDB_USER:-root}"
       - "COUCHDB_PASSWORD=${COUCHDB_PASSWORD:-a-secret}"
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ services:
 
   couchdbstats2:
     image: "gesellix/couchdb-prometheus-exporter:${COUCHDB_EXPORTER_VERSION:-latest}"
-    command: --couchdb.uri=http://couchdb2.local:5984 --logtostderr --databases=_all_dbs
+    command: --couchdb.uri=http://couchdb2.local:5984 --databases=_all_dbs
     environment:
       - "COUCHDB_USERNAME=${COUCHDB_USER:-root}"
       - "COUCHDB_PASSWORD=${COUCHDB_PASSWORD:-a-secret}"
diff --git a/examples/stack/docker-stack-cluster.yml b/examples/stack/docker-stack-cluster.yml
index 346dccb6..7a99e556 100644
--- a/examples/stack/docker-stack-cluster.yml
+++ b/examples/stack/docker-stack-cluster.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ services:
 
   couchdbstats:
     image: gesellix/couchdb-prometheus-exporter:latest
-    command: --couchdb.uri=http://couchdb:5984 --config=/run/secrets/config.properties --logtostderr
+    command: --couchdb.uri=http://couchdb:5984 --config=/run/secrets/config.properties
     networks:
       - couchdb
     ports:
diff --git a/examples/stack/docker-stack-single.yml b/examples/stack/docker-stack-single.yml
index bd455793..668f4f86 100644
--- a/examples/stack/docker-stack-single.yml
+++ b/examples/stack/docker-stack-single.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ services:
 
   couchdbstats:
     image: gesellix/couchdb-prometheus-exporter:latest
-    command: --couchdb.uri=http://couchdb:5984 --config=/run/secrets/config.properties --logtostderr
+    command: --couchdb.uri=http://couchdb:5984 --config=/run/secrets/config.properties
     networks:
       - couchdb
     ports: