diff --git a/cmd/event-logger/app/options.go b/cmd/event-logger/app/options.go
index 20bf1e8a..d15f9101 100644
--- a/cmd/event-logger/app/options.go
+++ b/cmd/event-logger/app/options.go
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ func (o *Options) config(seedKubeAPIServerConfig *rest.Config, seedKubeClient *k
 
 	for _, namespace := range o.SeedEventWatcher.Namespaces {
 		config.SeedKubeInformerFactories = append(config.SeedKubeInformerFactories,
-			kubeinformers.NewFilteredSharedInformerFactory(shootKubeClient, shootKubeAPIServerConfig.Timeout, namespace, nil),
+			kubeinformers.NewFilteredSharedInformerFactory(seedKubeClient, shootKubeAPIServerConfig.Timeout, namespace, nil),
 		)
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/events/gardener_event_watcher.go b/pkg/events/gardener_event_watcher.go
index 481c5533..7576a337 100644
--- a/pkg/events/gardener_event_watcher.go
+++ b/pkg/events/gardener_event_watcher.go
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
 package events
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
-
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	kubeinformers "k8s.io/client-go/informers"
 )
@@ -35,7 +33,6 @@ type GardenerEventWatcher struct {
 
 func (e *GardenerEventWatcherConfig) New() *GardenerEventWatcher {
 	for indx, namespace := range e.SeedEventWatcherConfig.Namespaces {
-		fmt.Println("**********MAKE SEED EVENT WATCHER FOR NAMESPACE: ", namespace, "*****************")
 		_ = e.SeedKubeInformerFactories[indx].InformerFor(&v1.Event{},
 			NewEventInformerFuncForNamespace(
 				"seed",
@@ -45,7 +42,6 @@ func (e *GardenerEventWatcherConfig) New() *GardenerEventWatcher {
 	}
 
 	for indx, namespace := range e.ShootEventWatcherConfig.Namespaces {
-		fmt.Println("**********MAKE SHOOT EVENT WATCHER FOR NAMESPACE: ", namespace, "*****************")
 		_ = e.ShootKubeInformerFactories[indx].InformerFor(&v1.Event{},
 			NewEventInformerFuncForNamespace(
 				"shoot",
diff --git a/pkg/events/options.go b/pkg/events/options.go
index 933af4e2..b9cde534 100644
--- a/pkg/events/options.go
+++ b/pkg/events/options.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import (
 
 func (o *Options) Validate() []error {
 	allErrors := []error{}
-	if o.Kubeconfig != "inClusterConfig" {
+	if o.Kubeconfig != "inClusterConfig" && o.Kubeconfig != "" {
 		if _, err := os.Stat(o.Kubeconfig); err != nil {
 			allErrors = append(allErrors, err)
 		}