diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0bba7cde..81530ba6 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -17,5 +17,4 @@ require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
 	golang.org/x/mod v0.4.1
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.20.1
-	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20201110183641-67b214c5f920
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 75e8f4ad..1051be44 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ github.com/armon/go-metrics v0.0.0-20180917152333-f0300d1749da/go.mod h1:Q73ZrmV
 github.com/armon/go-radix v0.0.0-20180808171621-7fddfc383310/go.mod h1:ufUuZ+zHj4x4TnLV4JWEpy2hxWSpsRywHrMgIH9cCH8=
 github.com/asaskevich/govalidator v0.0.0-20180720115003-f9ffefc3facf/go.mod h1:lB+ZfQJz7igIIfQNfa7Ml4HSf2uFQQRzpGGRXenZAgY=
 github.com/asaskevich/govalidator v0.0.0-20190424111038-f61b66f89f4a/go.mod h1:lB+ZfQJz7igIIfQNfa7Ml4HSf2uFQQRzpGGRXenZAgY=
-github.com/aws-controllers-k8s/runtime v0.1.0 h1:XTBQf7hn0792yuCRy58IZpbZoGMrGCpSK2mZXkof5W4=
-github.com/aws-controllers-k8s/runtime v0.1.0/go.mod h1:xA2F18PJerBHaqrS4de1lpP7skeSMeStkmh+3x5sWvw=
+github.com/aws-controllers-k8s/runtime v0.2.0 h1:gd0Kq8xGelgkZoNjr8yZbHfpvPA1R+wfMCi1lT4H8x4=
+github.com/aws-controllers-k8s/runtime v0.2.0/go.mod h1:xA2F18PJerBHaqrS4de1lpP7skeSMeStkmh+3x5sWvw=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.37.4 h1:tWxrpMK/oRSXVnjUzhGeCWLR00fW0WF4V4sycYPPrJ8=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.37.4/go.mod h1:hcU610XS61/+aQV88ixoOzUoG7v3b31pl2zKMmprdro=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v0.0.0-20180321164747-3a771d992973/go.mod h1:Dwedo/Wpr24TaqPxmxbtue+5NUziq4I4S80YR8gNf3Q=
diff --git a/templates/helm/templates/deployment.yaml b/templates/helm/templates/deployment.yaml
index df56611d..1b1a5248 100644
--- a/templates/helm/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/templates/helm/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -60,10 +60,16 @@ spec:
           valueFrom:
             fieldRef:
               fieldPath: metadata.namespace
+        - name: AWS_ACCOUNT_ID
+          value: {{ .Values.aws.account_id  | quote }}
         - name: AWS_REGION
           value: {{ .Values.aws.region }}
         - name: ACK_WATCH_NAMESPACE
           value: {{ .Values.watchNamespace }}
+        - name: ACK_ENABLE_DEVELOPMENT_LOGGING
+          value: {{ .Values.log.enable_development_logging }}
+        - name: ACK_LOG_LEVEL
+          value: {{ .Values.log.log_level }}
         - name: ACK_RESOURCE_TAGS
           value: {{ join "," .Values.resourceTags | quote }}
       terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 10
diff --git a/templates/helm/values.yaml.tpl b/templates/helm/values.yaml.tpl
index 5f45e9e9..3840e889 100644
--- a/templates/helm/values.yaml.tpl
+++ b/templates/helm/values.yaml.tpl
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ resources:
 aws:
   # If specified, use the AWS region for AWS API calls
   region: ""
+  account_id: ""
+
+# log level for the controller
+log:
+  enable_development_logging: true
+  log_level: info
 
 # If specified, the service controller will watch for object creation only in the provided namespace
 watchNamespace: ""