diff --git a/observability/vector.yaml b/observability/vector.yaml
index 9667e6f..6f54104 100644
--- a/observability/vector.yaml
+++ b/observability/vector.yaml
@@ -89,7 +89,8 @@ sinks:
   victorialogs:
     type: elasticsearch
     inputs: [parsed]
-    endpoints: ["http://victorialogs:9428/insert/elasticsearch/"]
+    # -http.pathPrefix=/logs applies to EVERY endpoint, ingestion included, so the bulk path lives under it
+    endpoints: ["http://victorialogs:9428/logs/insert/elasticsearch/"]
     mode: bulk
     api_version: v8
     compression: gzip