diff --git a/awx/main/tasks/receptor.py b/awx/main/tasks/receptor.py
index 24108a9c5705..757319690556 100644
--- a/awx/main/tasks/receptor.py
+++ b/awx/main/tasks/receptor.py
@@ -639,11 +639,11 @@ def kube_config(self):
 #
 RECEPTOR_CONFIG_STARTER = (
     {'local-only': None},
-    {'log-level': 'info'},
+    {'log-level': settings.RECEPTOR_LOG_LEVEL},
     {'node': {'firewallrules': [{'action': 'reject', 'tonode': settings.CLUSTER_HOST_ID, 'toservice': 'control'}]}},
     {'control-service': {'service': 'control', 'filename': '/var/run/receptor/receptor.sock', 'permissions': '0660'}},
     {'work-command': {'worktype': 'local', 'command': 'ansible-runner', 'params': 'worker', 'allowruntimeparams': True}},
-    {'work-signing': {'privatekey': '/etc/receptor/signing/work-private-key.pem', 'tokenexpiration': '1m'}},
+    {'work-signing': {'privatekey': '/etc/receptor/work_private_key.pem', 'tokenexpiration': '1m'}},
     {
         'work-kubernetes': {
             'worktype': 'kubernetes-runtime-auth',
diff --git a/awx/settings/defaults.py b/awx/settings/defaults.py
index 795cb44fe39c..c46e65757201 100644
--- a/awx/settings/defaults.py
+++ b/awx/settings/defaults.py
@@ -959,6 +959,9 @@
 # Delete completed work units in receptor
 RECEPTOR_RELEASE_WORK = True
 
+# K8S only. Use receptor_log_level on AWX spec to set this properly
+RECEPTOR_LOG_LEVEL = 'info'
+
 MIDDLEWARE = [
     'django_guid.middleware.guid_middleware',
     'awx.main.middleware.SettingsCacheMiddleware',