diff --git a/template/stacks/ref-implementation/openbao/values.yaml b/template/stacks/ref-implementation/openbao/values.yaml
index 7d11d0b..64059da 100644
--- a/template/stacks/ref-implementation/openbao/values.yaml
+++ b/template/stacks/ref-implementation/openbao/values.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,13 @@ server:
   extraContainers:
     - name: log-sidecar
       image: alpine:latest
-      command: ["/bin/sh", "-c", "while kill -0 $(pidof openbao) 2>/dev/null; do sleep 1; done; echo 'OpenBao has crashed - giving Alloy time to collect logs...' >> var/log/openbao.log; sleep 20"]
+      command: ["/bin/sh", "-c", "
+          while kill -0 $(pidof openbao) 2>/dev/null; do sleep 1; done;
+          echo 'OpenBao has crashed - giving Alloy time to collect logs...' >> var/log/openbao.log;
+          sleep 20;
+          echo 'Sidecar exiting.';
+          exit 1;
+        "]
       volumeMounts:
             - name: log-storage
               mountPath: /var/log/