diff --git a/internal/config/defaults.go b/internal/config/defaults.go
index da22ec0333..22491e99d5 100644
--- a/internal/config/defaults.go
+++ b/internal/config/defaults.go
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ const (
 	DefCollectorTLSCAPath   = "/var/lib/nginx-agent/ca.pem"
 	DefCollectorTLSSANNames = "127.0.0.1,::1,localhost"
 
-	DefCommandServerHostKey    = "127.0.0.1"
-	DefCommandServerPortKey    = 8080
+	DefCommandServerHostKey    = ""
+	DefCommandServerPortKey    = 0
 	DefCommandServerTypeKey    = "grpc"
 	DefCommandAuthTokenKey     = ""
 	DefCommandTLSCertKey       = ""
diff --git a/internal/datasource/host/info.go b/internal/datasource/host/info.go
index d6f7998872..ef7a9e1ee9 100644
--- a/internal/datasource/host/info.go
+++ b/internal/datasource/host/info.go
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ func (i *Info) HostInfo(ctx context.Context) *v1.Resource_HostInfo {
 func containsContainerReference(cgroupFile string) bool {
 	data, err := os.ReadFile(cgroupFile)
 	if err != nil {
-		slog.Error("Unable to check if cgroup file contains a container reference", "error", err)
+		slog.Warn("Unable to check if cgroup file contains a container reference", "error", err)
 		return false
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/plugin/plugin_manager.go b/internal/plugin/plugin_manager.go
index fd33c03f8d..5288bf53f9 100644
--- a/internal/plugin/plugin_manager.go
+++ b/internal/plugin/plugin_manager.go
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ func addCommandAndFilePlugins(ctx context.Context, plugins []bus.Plugin, agentCo
 			filePlugin := file.NewFilePlugin(agentConfig, grpcConnection)
 			plugins = append(plugins, filePlugin)
 		}
+	} else {
+		slog.InfoContext(ctx, "Agent is not connected to a management plane. "+
+			"Configure a command server to establish a connection with a management plane.")
 	}
 
 	return plugins
@@ -77,5 +80,7 @@ func addWatcherPlugin(plugins []bus.Plugin, agentConfig *config.Config) []bus.Pl
 func isGrpcClientConfigured(agentConfig *config.Config) bool {
 	return agentConfig.Command != nil &&
 		agentConfig.Command.Server != nil &&
+		agentConfig.Command.Server.Host != "" &&
+		agentConfig.Command.Server.Port != 0 &&
 		agentConfig.Command.Server.Type == config.Grpc
 }