diff --git a/tests/templates/kuttl/logging/03-create-configmap-with-prepared-logs.yaml b/tests/templates/kuttl/logging/03-create-configmap-with-prepared-logs.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..df6308c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/templates/kuttl/logging/03-create-configmap-with-prepared-logs.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+apiVersion: kuttl.dev/v1beta1
+kind: TestStep
+commands:
+  - script: >
+      kubectl create configmap prepared-logs
+      --from-file=prepared-logs.log4j2.xml
+      --namespace=$NAMESPACE
diff --git a/tests/templates/kuttl/logging/03-assert.yaml b/tests/templates/kuttl/logging/04-assert.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/templates/kuttl/logging/03-assert.yaml
rename to tests/templates/kuttl/logging/04-assert.yaml
diff --git a/tests/templates/kuttl/logging/04-copy-prepared-logs.yaml b/tests/templates/kuttl/logging/04-copy-prepared-logs.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index b857ee70..00000000
--- a/tests/templates/kuttl/logging/04-copy-prepared-logs.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
----
-apiVersion: kuttl.dev/v1beta1
-kind: TestStep
-commands:
-  - script: >
-      kubectl cp ./prepared-logs.log4j2.xml
-      $NAMESPACE/test-hive-metastore-automatic-log-config-0:/stackable/log/hive/prepared-logs.log4j2.xml
-      --container vector
diff --git a/tests/templates/kuttl/logging/03-install-hive.yaml.j2 b/tests/templates/kuttl/logging/04-install-hive.yaml.j2
similarity index 89%
rename from tests/templates/kuttl/logging/03-install-hive.yaml.j2
rename to tests/templates/kuttl/logging/04-install-hive.yaml.j2
index 396e340c..571f73f6 100644
--- a/tests/templates/kuttl/logging/03-install-hive.yaml.j2
+++ b/tests/templates/kuttl/logging/04-install-hive.yaml.j2
@@ -78,6 +78,17 @@ spec:
                 loggers:
                   ROOT:
                     level: INFO
+        podOverrides:
+          spec:
+            containers:
+              - name: vector
+                volumeMounts:
+                  - name: prepared-logs
+                    mountPath: /stackable/log/prepared-logs
+            volumes:
+              - name: prepared-logs
+                configMap:
+                  name: prepared-logs
       custom-log-config:
         replicas: 1
         config: