diff --git a/pkg/portal/portal.go b/pkg/portal/portal.go
index b990aa29e00..2594e0b26ef 100644
--- a/pkg/portal/portal.go
+++ b/pkg/portal/portal.go
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ func (p *portal) setupRouter(kconfig *kubeconfig.Kubeconfig, prom *prometheus.Pr
 	// we get the env var from within the function because it is not meant to be configurable
 	disableOauthOption := os.Getenv("DISABLE_OAUTH")
 	if disableOauthOption == "true" || env.IsLocalDevelopmentMode() || env.IsCI() {
-		p.log.Error("running in int")
+		p.baseAccessLog.Error("running in int")
 		p.aad, err = middleware.NewIntAAD(p.sessionKey, p.baseAccessLog)
 	} else {
 		p.log.Error("not running in int")