diff --git a/docs/deployment/logs.md b/docs/deployment/logs.md
index 50ba2bb76..887ecf0ba 100644
--- a/docs/deployment/logs.md
+++ b/docs/deployment/logs.md
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ You can use these modifiers as follows:
 dokku logs node-js-app -t -p web
 ```
 
-will show logs continually from the web process.
+The above command will show logs continually from the web process.
 
 ### Failed deploy logs
 
@@ -127,6 +127,29 @@ dokku logs:vector-stop
 
 The `vector` container will be stopped and removed from the system. If the container is not running, this command will do nothing.
 
+#### Checking Vector's Logs
+
+It may be necessary to check the vector container's logs to ensure that vector is operating as expected. This can be performed with the `logs:vector-logs` command.
+
+```shell
+dokku logs:vector-logs
+```
+
+This command also supports the following modifiers:
+
+```shell
+--num NUM        # the number of lines to display
+--tail           # continually stream logs
+```
+
+You can use these modifiers as follows:
+
+```shell
+dokku logs:vector-logs --tail --num 10
+```
+
+The above command will show logs continually from the vector container, with an initial history of 10 log lines
+
 #### Configuring a log sink
 
 Vector uses the concept of log "sinks" to send logs to a given endpoint. Log sinks may be configured globally or on a per-app basis by specifying a `vector-sink` in DSN form with the `logs:set` command. Specifying a sink value will reload any running vector container.
@@ -174,4 +197,13 @@ Valid values for `SINK_TYPE` include all log vector log sinks, while `SINK_OPTIO
 - `[int]`: form: `key[]=int`
 - `table`: form: `option[key]=value`
 
+For some sinks - such as the `http` sink - it may be useful to use special characters such as `&`. These characters must be url escaped as per [RFC 3986](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3986.html).
+
+```shell
+# the following command will set the `http` sink with a uri config value
+# for a uri config value: https://loggerservice.com:1234/?token=abc1234&type=vector
+# the url quoted version: https%3A//loggerservice.com%3A1234/%3Ftoken%3Dabc1234%26type%3Dvector
+dokku logs:set test vector-sink "http://?uri=https%3A//loggerservice.com%3A1234/%3Ftoken%3Dabc1234%26type%3Dvector"
+```
+
 Please read the [sink documentation](https://vector.dev/docs/reference/sinks/) for your sink of choice to configure the sink as desired.
diff --git a/plugins/common/properties.go b/plugins/common/properties.go
index 8b7b58b41..1b687b276 100644
--- a/plugins/common/properties.go
+++ b/plugins/common/properties.go
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ func PropertyWrite(pluginName string, appName string, property string, value str
 	}
 	defer file.Close()
 
-	fmt.Fprintf(file, value)
+	fmt.Fprint(file, value)
 	file.Chmod(0600)
 	SetPermissions(propertyPath, 0600)
 	return nil
diff --git a/plugins/logs/functions.go b/plugins/logs/functions.go
index 85fcac236..74f2b5146 100644
--- a/plugins/logs/functions.go
+++ b/plugins/logs/functions.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package logs
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
@@ -128,23 +129,9 @@ func sinkValueToConfig(appName string, sinkValue string) (vectorSink, error) {
 
 	u.Scheme = strings.ReplaceAll(u.Scheme, "-", "_")
 
-	t := fmt.Sprintf("type=%s", u.Scheme)
-	i := fmt.Sprintf("inputs[]=docker-source:%s", appName)
-	if appName == "--global" {
-		i = "inputs[]=docker-global-source"
-	}
-	if appName == "--null" {
-		i = "inputs[]=docker-null-source"
-	}
-
-	initialQuery := fmt.Sprintf("%s&%s", t, i)
 	query := u.RawQuery
-	if query == "" {
-		query = initialQuery
-	} else if strings.HasPrefix(query, "&") {
-		query = fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", initialQuery, query)
-	} else {
-		query = fmt.Sprintf("%s&%s", initialQuery, query)
+	if strings.HasPrefix(query, "&") {
+		query = strings.TrimPrefix(query, "&")
 	}
 
 	b, err := qson.ToJSON(query)
@@ -156,6 +143,15 @@ func sinkValueToConfig(appName string, sinkValue string) (vectorSink, error) {
 		return data, err
 	}
 
+	data["type"] = u.Scheme
+	data["inputs"] = []string{"docker-source:" + appName}
+	if appName == "--global" {
+		data["inputs"] = []string{"docker-global-source"}
+	}
+	if appName == "--null" {
+		data["inputs"] = []string{"docker-null-source"}
+	}
+
 	return data, nil
 }
 
@@ -222,6 +218,8 @@ func writeVectorConfig() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	b = bytes.Replace(b, []byte("\\u0026"), []byte("&"), -1)
+
 	vectorConfig := filepath.Join(common.MustGetEnv("DOKKU_LIB_ROOT"), "data", "logs", "vector.json")
 	if err := common.WriteSliceToFile(vectorConfig, []string{string(b)}); err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/tests/unit/logs.bats b/tests/unit/logs.bats
index 9ad5ed65a..e1b640ff7 100644
--- a/tests/unit/logs.bats
+++ b/tests/unit/logs.bats
@@ -238,6 +238,32 @@ teardown() {
   assert_output ""
 }
 
+@test "(logs) logs:set escaped uri" {
+  run create_app
+  echo "output: $output"
+  echo "status: $status"
+  assert_success
+
+  run /bin/bash -c "dokku logs:set $TEST_APP vector-sink http://?uri=https%3A//loggerservice.com%3A1234/%3Ftoken%3Dabc1234%26type%3Dvector" 2>&1
+  echo "output: $output"
+  echo "status: $status"
+  assert_success
+  assert_output_contains "Setting vector-sink"
+  assert_output_contains "Writing updated vector config to /var/lib/dokku/data/logs/vector.json"
+
+  run /bin/bash -c "dokku logs:report $TEST_APP --logs-vector-sink 2>&1"
+  echo "output: $output"
+  echo "status: $status"
+  assert_success
+  assert_output "http://?uri=https%3A//loggerservice.com%3A1234/%3Ftoken%3Dabc1234%26type%3Dvector"
+
+  run /bin/bash -c "jq -r '.sinks[\"docker-sink:$TEST_APP\"].uri' /var/lib/dokku/data/logs/vector.json"
+  echo "output: $output"
+  echo "status: $status"
+  assert_success
+  assert_output "https://loggerservice.com:1234/?token=abc1234&type=vector"
+}
+
 @test "(logs) logs:set global" {
   run create_app
   echo "output: $output"