diff --git a/pkg/actor/validate_version.go b/pkg/actor/validate_version.go
index 99a350bc0..4e791e02f 100644
--- a/pkg/actor/validate_version.go
+++ b/pkg/actor/validate_version.go
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ func (v *versionChecker) Act(ctx context.Context, cluster *resource.Cluster, log
 			log.Error(vErr, "The cockroachdb logging API value is set to a value that is not supported by the operator")
 			return err
 		}
+	} else {
+		log.V(DEBUGLEVEL).Info("logging API is not enabled")
 	}
 
 	log.V(DEBUGLEVEL).Info("starting to check the crdb version of the container provided")
diff --git a/pkg/resource/cluster.go b/pkg/resource/cluster.go
index cbbeb3b4b..4bce97605 100644
--- a/pkg/resource/cluster.go
+++ b/pkg/resource/cluster.go
@@ -358,7 +358,12 @@ func (cluster Cluster) IsLoggingAPIEnabled() bool {
 	if cluster.Spec().CockroachDBVersion != "" {
 		version = cluster.Spec().CockroachDBVersion
 	} else if cluster.Spec().Image != nil && cluster.Spec().Image.Name != "" {
-		version = strings.Split(cluster.Spec().Image.Name, ":")[1]
+		split_result := strings.Split(cluster.Spec().Image.Name, ":")
+		if len(split_result) > 1 {
+			version = split_result[1]
+		} else {
+			return false
+		}
 	} else {
 		return false
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/resource/cluster_test.go b/pkg/resource/cluster_test.go
index ea82ee860..a5dad30b6 100644
--- a/pkg/resource/cluster_test.go
+++ b/pkg/resource/cluster_test.go
@@ -85,3 +85,35 @@ func TestClusterTLSSecrets(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestClusterImageName(t *testing.T) {
+	var (
+		testCluster      = "test-cluster"
+		testNS           = "test-ns"
+		invalidImageName = "custom-image-name"
+		validImageName   = "cockroachdb/cockroach:v20.1.4"
+	)
+	clusterBuilder := testutil.NewBuilder(testCluster).Namespaced(testNS)
+	for _, tt := range []struct {
+		name      string
+		cluster   *resource.Cluster
+		imageName string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:      "verify image name without colon",
+			cluster:   clusterBuilder.WithImage(invalidImageName).Cluster(),
+			imageName: invalidImageName,
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "verify image name with colon",
+			cluster:   clusterBuilder.WithImage(validImageName).Cluster(),
+			imageName: validImageName,
+		},
+	} {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if tt.cluster.IsLoggingAPIEnabled() {
+				assert.Fail(t, "LoggingAPI should be disabled when image name does not contain colon")
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}