diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 55651455b..cabaabe6e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -213,6 +213,8 @@ participants:
     # global `logLevel` = `info` then Geth would receive `3`, Besu would receive `INFO`, etc.)
     # If this is not emptystring, then this value will override the global `logLevel` setting to allow for fine-grained control
     # over a specific participant's logging
+    # Set to "custom" (Besu only) to disable global logging settings and leave it up to the client configuration,
+    # for example, when using a custom log4j2.xml file
     el_log_level: ""
 
     # The storage type for the EL client: "full" or "archive"
@@ -313,13 +315,10 @@ participants:
     # global `logLevel` = `info` then Teku would receive `INFO`, Prysm would receive `info`, etc.)
     # If this is not emptystring, then this value will override the global `logLevel` setting to allow for fine-grained control
     # over a specific participant's logging
+    # Set to "custom" (Teku only) to disable global logging settings and leave it up to the client configuration,
+    # for example, when using a custom log4j.xml file
     cl_log_level: ""
 
-    # Used to disable global logging settings for this participant and leave it up to the configuration to set logging configurations,
-    # for example, when using a custom log4j.xml file in Teku
-    # NOTE: this option is only supported by Teku at the moment
-    custom_log_config: false
-
     # A list of optional extra env_vars the cl container should spin up with
     cl_extra_env_vars: {}
 
diff --git a/network_params.yaml b/network_params.yaml
index 217359444..e73b85a0a 100644
--- a/network_params.yaml
+++ b/network_params.yaml
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ participants:
     cl_max_mem: 0
     supernode: false
     use_separate_vc: true
-    custom_log_config: false
 # Validator
     vc_type: lighthouse
     vc_image: sigp/lighthouse:latest
diff --git a/src/cl/teku/teku_launcher.star b/src/cl/teku/teku_launcher.star
index e4b8c35c4..003280c6a 100644
--- a/src/cl/teku/teku_launcher.star
+++ b/src/cl/teku/teku_launcher.star
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ VERBOSITY_LEVELS = {
     constants.GLOBAL_LOG_LEVEL.info: "INFO",
     constants.GLOBAL_LOG_LEVEL.debug: "DEBUG",
     constants.GLOBAL_LOG_LEVEL.trace: "TRACE",
+    constants.GLOBAL_LOG_LEVEL.custom: "CUSTOM",
 }
 
 
@@ -223,8 +224,7 @@ def get_beacon_config(
         # ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ METRICS CONFIG ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
     ]
 
-    if participant.custom_log_config:
-        # ignores log_level and expects a custom log config
+    if log_level == "CUSTOM":
         cmd.append("--log-destination=CUSTOM")
     else:
         cmd.append("--logging=" + log_level)
diff --git a/src/el/besu/besu_launcher.star b/src/el/besu/besu_launcher.star
index 12f58692d..b7c1fd898 100644
--- a/src/el/besu/besu_launcher.star
+++ b/src/el/besu/besu_launcher.star
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ VERBOSITY_LEVELS = {
     constants.GLOBAL_LOG_LEVEL.info: "INFO",
     constants.GLOBAL_LOG_LEVEL.debug: "DEBUG",
     constants.GLOBAL_LOG_LEVEL.trace: "TRACE",
+    constants.GLOBAL_LOG_LEVEL.custom: "CUSTOM",
 }
 
 
@@ -142,7 +143,12 @@ def get_config(
 
     cmd = [
         "besu",
-        "--logging=" + log_level,
+    ]
+
+    if log_level != "CUSTOM":
+        cmd.append("--logging=" + log_level)
+
+    cmd += [
         "--data-path=" + EXECUTION_DATA_DIRPATH_ON_CLIENT_CONTAINER,
         "--host-allowlist=*",
         "--rpc-http-enabled=true",
diff --git a/src/package_io/constants.star b/src/package_io/constants.star
index c7a18f1cb..ca248bf5a 100644
--- a/src/package_io/constants.star
+++ b/src/package_io/constants.star
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ GLOBAL_LOG_LEVEL = struct(
     warn="warn",
     debug="debug",
     trace="trace",
+    custom="custom",
 )
 
 CLIENT_TYPES = struct(
diff --git a/src/package_io/input_parser.star b/src/package_io/input_parser.star
index 0c95a2948..4f7c40460 100644
--- a/src/package_io/input_parser.star
+++ b/src/package_io/input_parser.star
@@ -519,7 +519,6 @@ def input_parser(plan, input_args):
                 cl_volume_size=participant["cl_volume_size"],
                 cl_extra_env_vars=participant["cl_extra_env_vars"],
                 cl_tolerations=participant["cl_tolerations"],
-                custom_log_config=participant["custom_log_config"],
                 use_separate_vc=participant["use_separate_vc"],
                 vc_type=participant["vc_type"],
                 vc_image=participant["vc_image"],
@@ -1596,7 +1595,6 @@ def default_participant():
         "cl_min_mem": 0,
         "cl_max_mem": 0,
         "cl_force_restart": False,
-        "custom_log_config": False,
         "supernode": False,
         "use_separate_vc": None,
         "vc_type": "",
diff --git a/src/package_io/sanity_check.star b/src/package_io/sanity_check.star
index 851be2642..e61af3855 100644
--- a/src/package_io/sanity_check.star
+++ b/src/package_io/sanity_check.star
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ PARTICIPANT_CATEGORIES = {
         "cl_force_restart",
         "supernode",
         "use_separate_vc",
-        "custom_log_config",
         "vc_type",
         "vc_image",
         "vc_binary_path",
@@ -119,7 +118,6 @@ PARTICIPANT_MATRIX_PARAMS = {
             "cl_min_mem",
             "cl_max_mem",
             "use_separate_vc",
-            "custom_log_config",
             "vc_type",
             "vc_image",
             "vc_binary_path",