diff --git a/rust/crd/src/lib.rs b/rust/crd/src/lib.rs
index 57e9bb81..3f85f2d8 100644
--- a/rust/crd/src/lib.rs
+++ b/rust/crd/src/lib.rs
@@ -326,18 +326,18 @@ impl SparkApplication {
                     .with_config_map(log_config_map)
                     .build(),
             );
-
-            result.push(
-                VolumeBuilder::new(VOLUME_MOUNT_NAME_LOG)
-                    .with_empty_dir(
-                        None::<String>,
-                        Some(product_logging::framework::calculate_log_volume_size_limit(
-                            &[MAX_SPARK_LOG_FILES_SIZE, MAX_INIT_LOG_FILES_SIZE],
-                        )),
-                    )
-                    .build(),
-            );
         }
+        // This volume is also used by the containerdebug process so it must always be there.
+        result.push(
+            VolumeBuilder::new(VOLUME_MOUNT_NAME_LOG)
+                .with_empty_dir(
+                    None::<String>,
+                    Some(product_logging::framework::calculate_log_volume_size_limit(
+                        &[MAX_SPARK_LOG_FILES_SIZE, MAX_INIT_LOG_FILES_SIZE],
+                    )),
+                )
+                .build(),
+        );
 
         if !self.packages().is_empty() {
             result.push(
@@ -397,6 +397,12 @@ impl SparkApplication {
                 mount_path: VOLUME_MOUNT_PATH_EXECUTOR_POD_TEMPLATES.into(),
                 ..VolumeMount::default()
             },
+            // This is used at least by the containerdebug process
+            VolumeMount {
+                name: VOLUME_MOUNT_NAME_LOG.into(),
+                mount_path: VOLUME_MOUNT_PATH_LOG.into(),
+                ..VolumeMount::default()
+            },
         ];
 
         tmpl_mounts = self.add_common_volume_mounts(tmpl_mounts, s3conn, logdir, false);
@@ -675,7 +681,7 @@ impl SparkApplication {
         submit_cmd.extend(self.spec.args.clone());
 
         Ok(vec![
-            format!("containerdebug --output={VOLUME_MOUNT_PATH_LOG}/containerdebug/containerdebug-state.json --loop &"),
+            format!("containerdebug --output={VOLUME_MOUNT_PATH_LOG}/containerdebug-state.json --loop &"),
             submit_cmd.join(" "),
         ])
     }
@@ -1386,6 +1392,12 @@ mod tests {
                 name: "executor-pod-template".into(),
                 ..VolumeMount::default()
             },
+            VolumeMount {
+                mount_path: "/stackable/log".into(),
+                mount_propagation: None,
+                name: "log".into(),
+                ..VolumeMount::default()
+            },
             VolumeMount {
                 mount_path: "/kerberos".into(),
                 mount_propagation: None,
diff --git a/rust/operator-binary/src/history/history_controller.rs b/rust/operator-binary/src/history/history_controller.rs
index 279ecab4..90f79be0 100644
--- a/rust/operator-binary/src/history/history_controller.rs
+++ b/rust/operator-binary/src/history/history_controller.rs
@@ -757,7 +757,7 @@ fn command_args(logdir: &ResolvedLogDir) -> Vec<String> {
     }
 
     command.extend(vec![
-        format!("containerdebug --output={VOLUME_MOUNT_PATH_LOG}/containerdebug/containerdebug-state.json --loop &"),
+        format!("containerdebug --output={VOLUME_MOUNT_PATH_LOG}/containerdebug-state.json --loop &"),
         format!("/stackable/spark/sbin/start-history-server.sh --properties-file {VOLUME_MOUNT_PATH_CONFIG}/{SPARK_DEFAULTS_FILE_NAME}"),
     ]);
     vec![command.join("\n")]
diff --git a/rust/operator-binary/src/spark_k8s_controller.rs b/rust/operator-binary/src/spark_k8s_controller.rs
index 8f7f2b53..d08f0142 100644
--- a/rust/operator-binary/src/spark_k8s_controller.rs
+++ b/rust/operator-binary/src/spark_k8s_controller.rs
@@ -614,7 +614,9 @@ fn pod_template(
 
     cb.add_env_var(
         "_STACKABLE_PRE_HOOK",
-        format!("containerdebug --output={VOLUME_MOUNT_PATH_LOG}/containerdebug/containerdebug-state.json --loop &"),
+        format!(
+            "containerdebug --output={VOLUME_MOUNT_PATH_LOG}/containerdebug-state.json --loop &"
+        ),
     );
 
     if config.logging.enable_vector_agent {
diff --git a/tests/templates/kuttl/smoke/40-assert.yaml b/tests/templates/kuttl/smoke/40-assert.yaml
index 2d4822d4..ecd25de4 100644
--- a/tests/templates/kuttl/smoke/40-assert.yaml
+++ b/tests/templates/kuttl/smoke/40-assert.yaml
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ apiVersion: kuttl.dev/v1beta1
 kind: TestAssert
 timeout: 60
 commands:
-  - script: kubectl exec -n $NAMESPACE --container spark-history spark-history-node-default-0 -- cat /stackable/log/containerdebug/containerdebug-state.json | jq --exit-status
+  - script: kubectl exec -n $NAMESPACE --container spark-history spark-history-node-default-0 -- cat /stackable/log/containerdebug-state.json | jq --exit-status
diff --git a/tests/templates/kuttl/smoke/50-assert.yaml b/tests/templates/kuttl/smoke/50-assert.yaml
index 48355622..a5aa81e2 100644
--- a/tests/templates/kuttl/smoke/50-assert.yaml
+++ b/tests/templates/kuttl/smoke/50-assert.yaml
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ kind: TestAssert
 commands:
   - script: |
       SPARK_SUBMIT_POD=$(kubectl get -n $NAMESPACE pods --field-selector=status.phase=Running --selector batch.kubernetes.io/job-name=spark-pi-s3-1 -o jsonpath='{.items[0].metadata.name}')
-      kubectl exec -n $NAMESPACE --container spark-submit $SPARK_SUBMIT_POD -- cat /stackable/log/containerdebug/containerdebug-state.json | jq --exit-status
+      kubectl exec -n $NAMESPACE --container spark-submit $SPARK_SUBMIT_POD -- cat /stackable/log/containerdebug-state.json | jq --exit-status