diff --git a/api/v1/mongodbcommunity_types.go b/api/v1/mongodbcommunity_types.go
index 0f7128713..8c78b8a4e 100644
--- a/api/v1/mongodbcommunity_types.go
+++ b/api/v1/mongodbcommunity_types.go
@@ -356,10 +356,10 @@ type LogLevel string
 
 const (
 	LogLevelDebug LogLevel = "DEBUG"
-	LogLevelInfo  string   = "INFO"
-	LogLevelWarn  string   = "WARN"
-	LogLevelError string   = "ERROR"
-	LogLevelFatal string   = "FATAL"
+	LogLevelInfo  LogLevel = "INFO"
+	LogLevelWarn  LogLevel = "WARN"
+	LogLevelError LogLevel = "ERROR"
+	LogLevelFatal LogLevel = "FATAL"
 )
 
 type AgentConfiguration struct {
diff --git a/controllers/construct/build_statefulset_test.go b/controllers/construct/build_statefulset_test.go
index bb5dceeaa..56e3bcaac 100644
--- a/controllers/construct/build_statefulset_test.go
+++ b/controllers/construct/build_statefulset_test.go
@@ -177,14 +177,14 @@ func TestMongod_Container(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestMongoDBAgentCommand(t *testing.T) {
-	cmd := AutomationAgentCommand(false, "INFO", "testfile", 24)
+	cmd := AutomationAgentCommand(false, mdbv1.LogLevelInfo, "testfile", 24)
 	baseCmd := MongodbUserCommand + BaseAgentCommand() + " -cluster=" + clusterFilePath + automationAgentOptions
 	assert.Len(t, cmd, 3)
 	assert.Equal(t, cmd[0], "/bin/bash")
 	assert.Equal(t, cmd[1], "-c")
 	assert.Equal(t, cmd[2], baseCmd+" -logFile testfile -logLevel INFO -maxLogFileDurationHrs 24")
 
-	cmd = AutomationAgentCommand(false, "INFO", "/dev/stdout", 24)
+	cmd = AutomationAgentCommand(false, mdbv1.LogLevelInfo, "/dev/stdout", 24)
 	assert.Len(t, cmd, 3)
 	assert.Equal(t, cmd[0], "/bin/bash")
 	assert.Equal(t, cmd[1], "-c")
diff --git a/controllers/construct/mongodbstatefulset.go b/controllers/construct/mongodbstatefulset.go
index 2ef3ac8a7..a6a71ff9b 100644
--- a/controllers/construct/mongodbstatefulset.go
+++ b/controllers/construct/mongodbstatefulset.go
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ func BuildMongoDBReplicaSetStatefulSetModificationFunction(mdb MongoDBStatefulSe
 
 	agentLogLevel := mdbv1.LogLevelInfo
 	if mdb.GetAgentLogLevel() != "" {
-		agentLogLevel = string(mdb.GetAgentLogLevel())
+		agentLogLevel = mdb.GetAgentLogLevel()
 	}
 
 	agentLogFile := automationconfig.DefaultAgentLogFile