diff --git a/opentelemetry/ecs-ec2/CHANGELOG.md b/opentelemetry/ecs-ec2/CHANGELOG.md
index 444b9cc3..c59cd36b 100644
--- a/opentelemetry/ecs-ec2/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/opentelemetry/ecs-ec2/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 # Changelog
+### 0.0.12 / 2024-05-16
+- Added validation using operator route to default otel config for ecs-ec2 config
+
 ### 0.0.11 / 2024-04-05
 - Remove deprecated PrivateKey Param from ecs-ec2 otel deployment
 
diff --git a/opentelemetry/ecs-ec2/template.yaml b/opentelemetry/ecs-ec2/template.yaml
index 39d96a94..1e8d6c4a 100644
--- a/opentelemetry/ecs-ec2/template.yaml
+++ b/opentelemetry/ecs-ec2/template.yaml
@@ -120,24 +120,35 @@ Mappings:
             include_file_path: true
             # add log.file.path to resource attributes
             operators:
+              - type: router
+                id: docker_log_json_parser
+                routes:
+                  - output: json_parser
+                    expr: 'body matches "^\\{\"log\".*\\}"'
+                default: move_log_file_path
+
               - type: json_parser
                 parse_from: body
                 parse_to: body
+                output: recombine
                 timestamp:
                   parse_from: body.time
                   layout: '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%fZ'
+                default: move_log_file_path
 
               # handle logs split by docker
               - type: recombine
                 id: recombine
+                output: move_log_file_path
                 combine_field: body.log
                 source_identifier: attributes["log.file.path"]
                 is_last_entry: body.log endsWith "\n"
                 force_flush_period: 10s	
-                on_error: drop
+                on_error: send
                 combine_with: ""
 
               - type: move
+                id: move_log_file_path
                 from: attributes["log.file.path"]
                 to: resource["log.file.path"]
 
@@ -261,28 +272,38 @@ Mappings:
             include_file_path: true
             # add log.file.path to resource attributes
             operators:
+              - type: router
+                id: docker_log_json_parser
+                routes:
+                  - output: json_parser
+                    expr: 'body matches "^\\{\"log\".*\\}"'
+                default: move_log_file_path
+
               - type: json_parser
                 parse_from: body
                 parse_to: body
+                output: recombine
                 timestamp:
                   parse_from: body.time
                   layout: '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%fZ'
+                default: move_log_file_path
 
               # handle logs split by docker
               - type: recombine
                 id: recombine
+                output: move_log_file_path
                 combine_field: body.log
                 source_identifier: attributes["log.file.path"]
                 is_last_entry: body.log endsWith "\n"
                 force_flush_period: 10s	
-                on_error: drop
+                on_error: send
                 combine_with: ""
 
               - type: move
+                id: move_log_file_path
                 from: attributes["log.file.path"]
                 to: resource["log.file.path"]
-
-          # add metrics
+                
           awsecscontainermetricsd:
 
         processors: