diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e4999c2bb22..b63ff92f698 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 
 ### 🧰 Bug fixes 🧰
 
+- Fix Windows Event Logs ignoring user-specified logging options (#5298)
+
 ## v0.50.0 Beta
 
 ### 🛑 Breaking changes 🛑
diff --git a/service/collector_windows.go b/service/collector_windows.go
index a20493694b4..1e060d64a23 100644
--- a/service/collector_windows.go
+++ b/service/collector_windows.go
@@ -152,8 +152,8 @@ func newWithWindowsEventLogCore(set CollectorSettings, elog *eventlog.Log) (*Col
 		}
 	}
 	set.LoggingOptions = append(
-		set.LoggingOptions,
-		zap.WrapCore(withWindowsCore(elog)),
+		[]zap.Option{zap.WrapCore(withWindowsCore(elog))},
+		set.LoggingOptions...,
 	)
 	return New(set)
 }