diff --git a/plugins/logs/functions.go b/plugins/logs/functions.go
index 74f2b5146..50aa6a2ca 100644
--- a/plugins/logs/functions.go
+++ b/plugins/logs/functions.go
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ func writeVectorConfig() error {
 
 	if len(data.Sinks) == 0 {
 		// write logs to a blackhole
-		sink, err := sinkValueToConfig("--null", "blackhole://?print_amount=1")
+		sink, err := sinkValueToConfig("--null", VectorDefaultSink)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}