diff --git a/x-pack/elastic-agent/CHANGELOG.asciidoc b/x-pack/elastic-agent/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
index aa84ada1acf..45ddd69a275 100644
--- a/x-pack/elastic-agent/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
+++ b/x-pack/elastic-agent/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 - Fix issues when running `mage package` for all the platforms. {pull}17767[17767]
 - Remove the kbn-version on each request to the Kibana API. {pull}17764[17764]
 - Fixed process spawning on Windows {pull}17751[17751]
+- Fixed injected log path to monitoring beat {pull}17833[17833]
 
 ==== New features
 
diff --git a/x-pack/elastic-agent/_meta/common.p2.yml b/x-pack/elastic-agent/_meta/common.p2.yml
index 0ff0776250e..651f02282dd 100644
--- a/x-pack/elastic-agent/_meta/common.p2.yml
+++ b/x-pack/elastic-agent/_meta/common.p2.yml
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ retry:
   # Default is false
   exponential: false
 
-monitoring:
+settings.monitoring:
   # enabled turns on monitoring of running processes
   enabled: false
   # enables log monitoring
diff --git a/x-pack/elastic-agent/_meta/common.reference.p2.yml b/x-pack/elastic-agent/_meta/common.reference.p2.yml
index b27d681bfb9..eaa97536e0b 100644
--- a/x-pack/elastic-agent/_meta/common.reference.p2.yml
+++ b/x-pack/elastic-agent/_meta/common.reference.p2.yml
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ retry:
   # Default is false
   exponential: false
 
-monitoring:
+settings.monitoring:
   # enabled turns on monitoring of running processes
   enabled: false
   # enables log monitoring
diff --git a/x-pack/elastic-agent/_meta/elastic-agent.docker.yml b/x-pack/elastic-agent/_meta/elastic-agent.docker.yml
index 07dec01f4a1..dbf7931b690 100644
--- a/x-pack/elastic-agent/_meta/elastic-agent.docker.yml
+++ b/x-pack/elastic-agent/_meta/elastic-agent.docker.yml
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ retry:
   # Default is false
   exponential: false
 
-monitoring:
+settings.monitoring:
   # enabled turns on monitoring of running processes
   enabled: false
   # enables log monitoring
diff --git a/x-pack/elastic-agent/_meta/elastic-agent.yml b/x-pack/elastic-agent/_meta/elastic-agent.yml
index e0f7acc636d..12fbfabc3fe 100644
--- a/x-pack/elastic-agent/_meta/elastic-agent.yml
+++ b/x-pack/elastic-agent/_meta/elastic-agent.yml
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ retry:
   # Default is false
   exponential: false
 
-monitoring:
+settings.monitoring:
   # enabled turns on monitoring of running processes
   enabled: false
   # enables log monitoring
diff --git a/x-pack/elastic-agent/elastic-agent.docker.yml b/x-pack/elastic-agent/elastic-agent.docker.yml
index 07dec01f4a1..dbf7931b690 100644
--- a/x-pack/elastic-agent/elastic-agent.docker.yml
+++ b/x-pack/elastic-agent/elastic-agent.docker.yml
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ retry:
   # Default is false
   exponential: false
 
-monitoring:
+settings.monitoring:
   # enabled turns on monitoring of running processes
   enabled: false
   # enables log monitoring
diff --git a/x-pack/elastic-agent/elastic-agent.reference.yml b/x-pack/elastic-agent/elastic-agent.reference.yml
index 7b1ee5cca98..2fb40550bc7 100644
--- a/x-pack/elastic-agent/elastic-agent.reference.yml
+++ b/x-pack/elastic-agent/elastic-agent.reference.yml
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ retry:
   # Default is false
   exponential: false
 
-monitoring:
+settings.monitoring:
   # enabled turns on monitoring of running processes
   enabled: false
   # enables log monitoring
diff --git a/x-pack/elastic-agent/elastic-agent.yml b/x-pack/elastic-agent/elastic-agent.yml
index a5fd150155b..24331ef7f9f 100644
--- a/x-pack/elastic-agent/elastic-agent.yml
+++ b/x-pack/elastic-agent/elastic-agent.yml
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ retry:
   # Default is false
   exponential: false
 
-monitoring:
+settings.monitoring:
   # enabled turns on monitoring of running processes
   enabled: false
   # enables log monitoring
diff --git a/x-pack/elastic-agent/pkg/agent/operation/monitoring.go b/x-pack/elastic-agent/pkg/agent/operation/monitoring.go
index 8157bf9e876..85b6bb2a865 100644
--- a/x-pack/elastic-agent/pkg/agent/operation/monitoring.go
+++ b/x-pack/elastic-agent/pkg/agent/operation/monitoring.go
@@ -225,6 +225,8 @@ func (o *Operator) getMonitoringFilebeatConfig(output interface{}) (map[string]i
 		},
 	}
 
+	o.logger.Debugf("monitoring configuration generated for filebeat: %v", result)
+
 	return result, true
 }
 
@@ -250,6 +252,8 @@ func (o *Operator) getMonitoringMetricbeatConfig(output interface{}) (map[string
 		},
 	}
 
+	o.logger.Debugf("monitoring configuration generated for metricbeat: %v", result)
+
 	return result, true
 }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/elastic-agent/pkg/core/plugin/app/monitoring/beats/beats_monitor.go b/x-pack/elastic-agent/pkg/core/plugin/app/monitoring/beats/beats_monitor.go
index eda80bf1ffe..8c245960a0a 100644
--- a/x-pack/elastic-agent/pkg/core/plugin/app/monitoring/beats/beats_monitor.go
+++ b/x-pack/elastic-agent/pkg/core/plugin/app/monitoring/beats/beats_monitor.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ type Monitor struct {
 	process            string
 	monitoringEndpoint string
 	loggingPath        string
+	loggingFile        string
 
 	monitorLogs    bool
 	monitorMetrics bool
@@ -31,13 +32,15 @@ type Monitor struct {
 
 // NewMonitor creates a beats monitor.
 func NewMonitor(process, pipelineID string, downloadConfig *artifact.Config, monitorLogs, monitorMetrics bool) *Monitor {
-	var monitoringEndpoint, loggingPath string
+	var monitoringEndpoint, loggingPath, loggingFile string
 
 	if monitorMetrics {
 		monitoringEndpoint = getMonitoringEndpoint(process, downloadConfig.OS(), pipelineID)
 	}
 	if monitorLogs {
-		loggingPath = getLoggingFileDirectory(downloadConfig.InstallPath, downloadConfig.OS(), pipelineID)
+		operatingSystem := downloadConfig.OS()
+		loggingFile = getLoggingFile(process, operatingSystem, downloadConfig.InstallPath, pipelineID)
+		loggingPath = filepath.Dir(loggingFile)
 	}
 
 	return &Monitor{
@@ -45,6 +48,7 @@ func NewMonitor(process, pipelineID string, downloadConfig *artifact.Config, mon
 		process:            process,
 		monitoringEndpoint: monitoringEndpoint,
 		loggingPath:        loggingPath,
+		loggingFile:        loggingFile,
 		monitorLogs:        monitorLogs,
 		monitorMetrics:     monitorMetrics,
 	}
@@ -125,7 +129,7 @@ func (b *Monitor) LogPath() string {
 		return ""
 	}
 
-	return b.loggingPath
+	return b.loggingFile
 }
 
 // MetricsPath describes a location where application exposes metrics
diff --git a/x-pack/elastic-agent/pkg/core/plugin/app/monitoring/beats/monitoring.go b/x-pack/elastic-agent/pkg/core/plugin/app/monitoring/beats/monitoring.go
index a69581b3ff9..c551f5ef18c 100644
--- a/x-pack/elastic-agent/pkg/core/plugin/app/monitoring/beats/monitoring.go
+++ b/x-pack/elastic-agent/pkg/core/plugin/app/monitoring/beats/monitoring.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ package beats
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"path/filepath"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -36,7 +35,3 @@ func getLoggingFile(program, operatingSystem, installPath, pipelineID string) st
 
 	return fmt.Sprintf(logFileFormat, pipelineID, program)
 }
-
-func getLoggingFileDirectory(installPath, operatingSystem, pipelineID string) string {
-	return filepath.Base(getLoggingFile("program", operatingSystem, installPath, pipelineID))
-}