diff --git a/cfg/config.go b/cfg/config.go
index 6bfc192523..88d2dd58fa 100644
--- a/cfg/config.go
+++ b/cfg/config.go
@@ -24,185 +24,185 @@ import (
 )
 
 type Config struct {
-	AppName string `yaml:"app-name,omitempty"`
+	AppName string `yaml:"app-name,omitempty" json:"app-name,omitempty"`
 
-	CacheDir ResolvedPath `yaml:"cache-dir,omitempty"`
+	CacheDir ResolvedPath `yaml:"cache-dir,omitempty" json:"cache-dir,omitempty"`
 
-	Debug DebugConfig `yaml:"debug,omitempty"`
+	Debug DebugConfig `yaml:"debug,omitempty" json:"debug,omitempty"`
 
-	EnableHns bool `yaml:"enable-hns,omitempty"`
+	EnableHns bool `yaml:"enable-hns,omitempty" json:"enable-hns,omitempty"`
 
-	FileCache FileCacheConfig `yaml:"file-cache,omitempty"`
+	FileCache FileCacheConfig `yaml:"file-cache,omitempty" json:"file-cache,omitempty"`
 
-	FileSystem FileSystemConfig `yaml:"file-system,omitempty"`
+	FileSystem FileSystemConfig `yaml:"file-system,omitempty" json:"file-system,omitempty"`
 
-	Foreground bool `yaml:"foreground,omitempty"`
+	Foreground bool `yaml:"foreground,omitempty" json:"foreground,omitempty"`
 
-	GcsAuth GcsAuthConfig `yaml:"gcs-auth,omitempty"`
+	GcsAuth GcsAuthConfig `yaml:"gcs-auth,omitempty" json:"gcs-auth,omitempty"`
 
-	GcsConnection GcsConnectionConfig `yaml:"gcs-connection,omitempty"`
+	GcsConnection GcsConnectionConfig `yaml:"gcs-connection,omitempty" json:"gcs-connection,omitempty"`
 
-	GcsRetries GcsRetriesConfig `yaml:"gcs-retries,omitempty"`
+	GcsRetries GcsRetriesConfig `yaml:"gcs-retries,omitempty" json:"gcs-retries,omitempty"`
 
-	ImplicitDirs bool `yaml:"implicit-dirs,omitempty"`
+	ImplicitDirs bool `yaml:"implicit-dirs,omitempty" json:"implicit-dirs,omitempty"`
 
-	List ListConfig `yaml:"list,omitempty"`
+	List ListConfig `yaml:"list,omitempty" json:"list,omitempty"`
 
-	Logging LoggingConfig `yaml:"logging,omitempty"`
+	Logging LoggingConfig `yaml:"logging,omitempty" json:"logging,omitempty"`
 
-	MetadataCache MetadataCacheConfig `yaml:"metadata-cache,omitempty"`
+	MetadataCache MetadataCacheConfig `yaml:"metadata-cache,omitempty" json:"metadata-cache,omitempty"`
 
-	Metrics MetricsConfig `yaml:"metrics,omitempty"`
+	Metrics MetricsConfig `yaml:"metrics,omitempty" json:"metrics,omitempty"`
 
-	Monitoring MonitoringConfig `yaml:"monitoring,omitempty"`
+	Monitoring MonitoringConfig `yaml:"monitoring,omitempty" json:"monitoring,omitempty"`
 
-	OnlyDir string `yaml:"only-dir,omitempty"`
+	OnlyDir string `yaml:"only-dir,omitempty" json:"only-dir,omitempty"`
 
-	Write WriteConfig `yaml:"write,omitempty"`
+	Write WriteConfig `yaml:"write,omitempty" json:"write,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type DebugConfig struct {
-	ExitOnInvariantViolation bool `yaml:"exit-on-invariant-violation,omitempty"`
+	ExitOnInvariantViolation bool `yaml:"exit-on-invariant-violation,omitempty" json:"exit-on-invariant-violation,omitempty"`
 
-	Fuse bool `yaml:"fuse,omitempty"`
+	Fuse bool `yaml:"fuse,omitempty" json:"fuse,omitempty"`
 
-	Gcs bool `yaml:"gcs,omitempty"`
+	Gcs bool `yaml:"gcs,omitempty" json:"gcs,omitempty"`
 
-	LogMutex bool `yaml:"log-mutex,omitempty"`
+	LogMutex bool `yaml:"log-mutex,omitempty" json:"log-mutex,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type FileCacheConfig struct {
-	CacheFileForRangeRead bool `yaml:"cache-file-for-range-read,omitempty"`
+	CacheFileForRangeRead bool `yaml:"cache-file-for-range-read,omitempty" json:"cache-file-for-range-read,omitempty"`
 
-	DownloadChunkSizeMb int64 `yaml:"download-chunk-size-mb,omitempty"`
+	DownloadChunkSizeMb int64 `yaml:"download-chunk-size-mb,omitempty" json:"download-chunk-size-mb,omitempty"`
 
-	EnableCrc bool `yaml:"enable-crc,omitempty"`
+	EnableCrc bool `yaml:"enable-crc,omitempty" json:"enable-crc,omitempty"`
 
-	EnableParallelDownloads bool `yaml:"enable-parallel-downloads,omitempty"`
+	EnableParallelDownloads bool `yaml:"enable-parallel-downloads,omitempty" json:"enable-parallel-downloads,omitempty"`
 
-	MaxParallelDownloads int64 `yaml:"max-parallel-downloads,omitempty"`
+	MaxParallelDownloads int64 `yaml:"max-parallel-downloads,omitempty" json:"max-parallel-downloads,omitempty"`
 
-	MaxSizeMb int64 `yaml:"max-size-mb,omitempty"`
+	MaxSizeMb int64 `yaml:"max-size-mb,omitempty" json:"max-size-mb,omitempty"`
 
-	ParallelDownloadsPerFile int64 `yaml:"parallel-downloads-per-file,omitempty"`
+	ParallelDownloadsPerFile int64 `yaml:"parallel-downloads-per-file,omitempty" json:"parallel-downloads-per-file,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type FileSystemConfig struct {
-	DirMode Octal `yaml:"dir-mode,omitempty"`
+	DirMode Octal `yaml:"dir-mode,omitempty" json:"dir-mode,omitempty"`
 
-	DisableParallelDirops bool `yaml:"disable-parallel-dirops,omitempty"`
+	DisableParallelDirops bool `yaml:"disable-parallel-dirops,omitempty" json:"disable-parallel-dirops,omitempty"`
 
-	FileMode Octal `yaml:"file-mode,omitempty"`
+	FileMode Octal `yaml:"file-mode,omitempty" json:"file-mode,omitempty"`
 
-	FuseOptions []string `yaml:"fuse-options,omitempty"`
+	FuseOptions []string `yaml:"fuse-options,omitempty" json:"fuse-options,omitempty"`
 
-	Gid int64 `yaml:"gid,omitempty"`
+	Gid int64 `yaml:"gid,omitempty" json:"gid,omitempty"`
 
-	IgnoreInterrupts bool `yaml:"ignore-interrupts,omitempty"`
+	IgnoreInterrupts bool `yaml:"ignore-interrupts,omitempty" json:"ignore-interrupts,omitempty"`
 
-	KernelListCacheTtlSecs int64 `yaml:"kernel-list-cache-ttl-secs,omitempty"`
+	KernelListCacheTtlSecs int64 `yaml:"kernel-list-cache-ttl-secs,omitempty" json:"kernel-list-cache-ttl-secs,omitempty"`
 
-	RenameDirLimit int64 `yaml:"rename-dir-limit,omitempty"`
+	RenameDirLimit int64 `yaml:"rename-dir-limit,omitempty" json:"rename-dir-limit,omitempty"`
 
-	TempDir ResolvedPath `yaml:"temp-dir,omitempty"`
+	TempDir ResolvedPath `yaml:"temp-dir,omitempty" json:"temp-dir,omitempty"`
 
-	Uid int64 `yaml:"uid,omitempty"`
+	Uid int64 `yaml:"uid,omitempty" json:"uid,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type GcsAuthConfig struct {
-	AnonymousAccess bool `yaml:"anonymous-access,omitempty"`
+	AnonymousAccess bool `yaml:"anonymous-access,omitempty" json:"anonymous-access,omitempty"`
 
-	KeyFile ResolvedPath `yaml:"key-file,omitempty"`
+	KeyFile ResolvedPath `yaml:"key-file,omitempty" json:"key-file,omitempty"`
 
-	ReuseTokenFromUrl bool `yaml:"reuse-token-from-url,omitempty"`
+	ReuseTokenFromUrl bool `yaml:"reuse-token-from-url,omitempty" json:"reuse-token-from-url,omitempty"`
 
-	TokenUrl string `yaml:"token-url,omitempty"`
+	TokenUrl string `yaml:"token-url,omitempty" json:"token-url,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type GcsConnectionConfig struct {
-	BillingProject string `yaml:"billing-project,omitempty"`
+	BillingProject string `yaml:"billing-project,omitempty" json:"billing-project,omitempty"`
 
-	ClientProtocol Protocol `yaml:"client-protocol,omitempty"`
+	ClientProtocol Protocol `yaml:"client-protocol,omitempty" json:"client-protocol,omitempty"`
 
-	CustomEndpoint string `yaml:"custom-endpoint,omitempty"`
+	CustomEndpoint string `yaml:"custom-endpoint,omitempty" json:"custom-endpoint,omitempty"`
 
-	ExperimentalEnableJsonRead bool `yaml:"experimental-enable-json-read,omitempty"`
+	ExperimentalEnableJsonRead bool `yaml:"experimental-enable-json-read,omitempty" json:"experimental-enable-json-read,omitempty"`
 
-	GrpcConnPoolSize int64 `yaml:"grpc-conn-pool-size,omitempty"`
+	GrpcConnPoolSize int64 `yaml:"grpc-conn-pool-size,omitempty" json:"grpc-conn-pool-size,omitempty"`
 
-	HttpClientTimeout time.Duration `yaml:"http-client-timeout,omitempty"`
+	HttpClientTimeout time.Duration `yaml:"http-client-timeout,omitempty" json:"http-client-timeout,omitempty"`
 
-	LimitBytesPerSec float64 `yaml:"limit-bytes-per-sec,omitempty"`
+	LimitBytesPerSec float64 `yaml:"limit-bytes-per-sec,omitempty" json:"limit-bytes-per-sec,omitempty"`
 
-	LimitOpsPerSec float64 `yaml:"limit-ops-per-sec,omitempty"`
+	LimitOpsPerSec float64 `yaml:"limit-ops-per-sec,omitempty" json:"limit-ops-per-sec,omitempty"`
 
-	MaxConnsPerHost int64 `yaml:"max-conns-per-host,omitempty"`
+	MaxConnsPerHost int64 `yaml:"max-conns-per-host,omitempty" json:"max-conns-per-host,omitempty"`
 
-	MaxIdleConnsPerHost int64 `yaml:"max-idle-conns-per-host,omitempty"`
+	MaxIdleConnsPerHost int64 `yaml:"max-idle-conns-per-host,omitempty" json:"max-idle-conns-per-host,omitempty"`
 
-	SequentialReadSizeMb int64 `yaml:"sequential-read-size-mb,omitempty"`
+	SequentialReadSizeMb int64 `yaml:"sequential-read-size-mb,omitempty" json:"sequential-read-size-mb,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type GcsRetriesConfig struct {
-	MaxRetryAttempts int64 `yaml:"max-retry-attempts,omitempty"`
+	MaxRetryAttempts int64 `yaml:"max-retry-attempts,omitempty" json:"max-retry-attempts,omitempty"`
 
-	MaxRetrySleep time.Duration `yaml:"max-retry-sleep,omitempty"`
+	MaxRetrySleep time.Duration `yaml:"max-retry-sleep,omitempty" json:"max-retry-sleep,omitempty"`
 
-	Multiplier float64 `yaml:"multiplier,omitempty"`
+	Multiplier float64 `yaml:"multiplier,omitempty" json:"multiplier,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type ListConfig struct {
-	EnableEmptyManagedFolders bool `yaml:"enable-empty-managed-folders,omitempty"`
+	EnableEmptyManagedFolders bool `yaml:"enable-empty-managed-folders,omitempty" json:"enable-empty-managed-folders,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type LogRotateLoggingConfig struct {
-	BackupFileCount int64 `yaml:"backup-file-count,omitempty"`
+	BackupFileCount int64 `yaml:"backup-file-count,omitempty" json:"backup-file-count,omitempty"`
 
-	Compress bool `yaml:"compress,omitempty"`
+	Compress bool `yaml:"compress,omitempty" json:"compress,omitempty"`
 
-	MaxFileSizeMb int64 `yaml:"max-file-size-mb,omitempty"`
+	MaxFileSizeMb int64 `yaml:"max-file-size-mb,omitempty" json:"max-file-size-mb,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type LoggingConfig struct {
-	FilePath ResolvedPath `yaml:"file-path,omitempty"`
+	FilePath ResolvedPath `yaml:"file-path,omitempty" json:"file-path,omitempty"`
 
-	Format string `yaml:"format,omitempty"`
+	Format string `yaml:"format,omitempty" json:"format,omitempty"`
 
-	LogRotate LogRotateLoggingConfig `yaml:"log-rotate,omitempty"`
+	LogRotate LogRotateLoggingConfig `yaml:"log-rotate,omitempty" json:"log-rotate,omitempty"`
 
-	Severity LogSeverity `yaml:"severity,omitempty"`
+	Severity LogSeverity `yaml:"severity,omitempty" json:"severity,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type MetadataCacheConfig struct {
-	DeprecatedStatCacheCapacity int64 `yaml:"deprecated-stat-cache-capacity,omitempty"`
+	DeprecatedStatCacheCapacity int64 `yaml:"deprecated-stat-cache-capacity,omitempty" json:"deprecated-stat-cache-capacity,omitempty"`
 
-	DeprecatedStatCacheTtl time.Duration `yaml:"deprecated-stat-cache-ttl,omitempty"`
+	DeprecatedStatCacheTtl time.Duration `yaml:"deprecated-stat-cache-ttl,omitempty" json:"deprecated-stat-cache-ttl,omitempty"`
 
-	DeprecatedTypeCacheTtl time.Duration `yaml:"deprecated-type-cache-ttl,omitempty"`
+	DeprecatedTypeCacheTtl time.Duration `yaml:"deprecated-type-cache-ttl,omitempty" json:"deprecated-type-cache-ttl,omitempty"`
 
-	EnableNonexistentTypeCache bool `yaml:"enable-nonexistent-type-cache,omitempty"`
+	EnableNonexistentTypeCache bool `yaml:"enable-nonexistent-type-cache,omitempty" json:"enable-nonexistent-type-cache,omitempty"`
 
-	ExperimentalMetadataPrefetchOnMount string `yaml:"experimental-metadata-prefetch-on-mount,omitempty"`
+	ExperimentalMetadataPrefetchOnMount string `yaml:"experimental-metadata-prefetch-on-mount,omitempty" json:"experimental-metadata-prefetch-on-mount,omitempty"`
 
-	StatCacheMaxSizeMb int64 `yaml:"stat-cache-max-size-mb,omitempty"`
+	StatCacheMaxSizeMb int64 `yaml:"stat-cache-max-size-mb,omitempty" json:"stat-cache-max-size-mb,omitempty"`
 
-	TtlSecs int64 `yaml:"ttl-secs,omitempty"`
+	TtlSecs int64 `yaml:"ttl-secs,omitempty" json:"ttl-secs,omitempty"`
 
-	TypeCacheMaxSizeMb int64 `yaml:"type-cache-max-size-mb,omitempty"`
+	TypeCacheMaxSizeMb int64 `yaml:"type-cache-max-size-mb,omitempty" json:"type-cache-max-size-mb,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type MetricsConfig struct {
-	PrometheusPort int64 `yaml:"prometheus-port,omitempty"`
+	PrometheusPort int64 `yaml:"prometheus-port,omitempty" json:"prometheus-port,omitempty"`
 
-	StackdriverExportInterval time.Duration `yaml:"stackdriver-export-interval,omitempty"`
+	StackdriverExportInterval time.Duration `yaml:"stackdriver-export-interval,omitempty" json:"stackdriver-export-interval,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type MonitoringConfig struct {
-	ExperimentalOpentelemetryCollectorAddress string `yaml:"experimental-opentelemetry-collector-address,omitempty"`
+	ExperimentalOpentelemetryCollectorAddress string `yaml:"experimental-opentelemetry-collector-address,omitempty" json:"experimental-opentelemetry-collector-address,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type WriteConfig struct {
-	CreateEmptyFile bool `yaml:"create-empty-file,omitempty"`
+	CreateEmptyFile bool `yaml:"create-empty-file,omitempty" json:"create-empty-file,omitempty"`
 }
 
 func BindFlags(v *viper.Viper, flagSet *pflag.FlagSet) error {
diff --git a/cmd/legacy_main.go b/cmd/legacy_main.go
index 951bfa59a6..fde750c089 100644
--- a/cmd/legacy_main.go
+++ b/cmd/legacy_main.go
@@ -90,13 +90,9 @@ func getUserAgent(appName string, config string) string {
 }
 
 func logNewConfiguration(newConfig *cfg.Config) {
-	cfgStr, err := util.YAMLStringify(newConfig)
-	if err != nil {
-		logger.Warnf("failed to stringify configuration: %v", err)
-		return
-	}
-	logger.Infof("GCSFuse mount config: %s", cfgStr)
+	logger.Logger().Info("GCSFuse config", "config", newConfig)
 }
+
 func logLegacyConfiguration(flags *flagStorage, mountConfig *config.MountConfig) {
 	flagsStringified, err := util.JSONStringify(*flags)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/internal/logger/logger.go b/internal/logger/logger.go
index 770e464bec..f8e97bb93c 100644
--- a/internal/logger/logger.go
+++ b/internal/logger/logger.go
@@ -42,6 +42,14 @@ var (
 	defaultLogger        *slog.Logger
 )
 
+// Logger exports the slog logger.
+// This allows one to use the full breadth of features provided by slog.
+//
+// TODO: export defaultLogger instead of using this function.
+func Logger() *slog.Logger {
+	return defaultLogger
+}
+
 // InitLogFile initializes the logger factory to create loggers that print to
 // a log file.
 // In case of empty file, it starts writing the log to syslog file, which
diff --git a/internal/util/util.go b/internal/util/util.go
index e695740772..3ae1b5c9f6 100644
--- a/internal/util/util.go
+++ b/internal/util/util.go
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
-
-	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -87,16 +85,6 @@ func JSONStringify(input any) (string, error) {
 	return string(inputBytes), nil
 }
 
-// YAMLStringify marshals an object to a YAML string. If marshalling fails, it returns an error.
-func YAMLStringify(input any) (string, error) {
-	inputBytes, err := yaml.Marshal(input)
-
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("error in YAMLStringify %w", err)
-	}
-	return string(inputBytes), nil
-}
-
 // MiBsToBytes returns the bytes equivalent
 // of given number of MiBs.
 // For reference, each MiB = 2^20 bytes.
diff --git a/internal/util/util_test.go b/internal/util/util_test.go
index 17c402da21..c99db598cc 100644
--- a/internal/util/util_test.go
+++ b/internal/util/util_test.go
@@ -148,43 +148,6 @@ func (ts *UtilTest) ResolveWhenParentProcDirEnvSetAndAbsoluteFilePath() {
 	assert.Equal(ts.T(), "/var/dir/test.txt", resolvedPath)
 }
 
-func TestYAMLStringify(t *testing.T) {
-	tests := []struct {
-		name     string
-		obj      any
-		expected string
-	}{
-		{
-			name: "Test Map",
-			obj: map[string]int{
-				"1": 1,
-				"2": 2,
-				"3": 3,
-			},
-			expected: "\"1\": 1\n\"2\": 2\n\"3\": 3\n",
-		},
-		{
-			name: "Test Nested Map",
-			obj: map[string]any{
-				"1": 1,
-				"2": map[string]int{
-					"3": 1,
-				},
-			},
-			expected: "\"1\": 1\n\"2\":\n    \"3\": 1\n",
-		},
-	}
-
-	for _, tc := range tests {
-		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			s, err := YAMLStringify(tc.obj)
-
-			if assert.NoError(t, err) {
-				assert.Equal(t, tc.expected, s)
-			}
-		})
-	}
-}
 func (ts *UtilTest) TestStringifyShouldReturnAllFieldsPassedInCustomObjectAsMarshalledString() {
 	sampleMap := map[string]int{
 		"1": 1,
diff --git a/tools/config-gen/templates/config.tpl b/tools/config-gen/templates/config.tpl
index ea73ac797e..e9eccd8a03 100644
--- a/tools/config-gen/templates/config.tpl
+++ b/tools/config-gen/templates/config.tpl
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import (
 {{range .TypeTemplateData}}
 type {{ .TypeName}} struct {
   {{- range $idx, $fld := .Fields}}
-  {{ $fld.FieldName}} {{ $fld.DataType}} {{$bt}}yaml:"{{$fld.ConfigPath}},omitempty"{{$bt}}
+  {{ $fld.FieldName}} {{ $fld.DataType}} {{$bt}}yaml:"{{$fld.ConfigPath}},omitempty" json:"{{$fld.ConfigPath}},omitempty"{{$bt}}
 {{end}}
 }
 {{end}}