diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index 76eeb8913..ec83469d4 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -666,9 +666,7 @@ func loadConfig(c *Command, args []string, opts []Option) error {
 	// Handle logger separately from config
 	if c.conf.StructuredLogs {
 		c.logger = log.NewStructuredLogger(c.conf.Quiet)
-	}
-
-	if c.conf.Quiet {
+	} else if c.conf.Quiet {
 		c.logger = log.NewStdLogger(io.Discard, os.Stderr)
 	}
 
diff --git a/cmd/root_test.go b/cmd/root_test.go
index e7d870485..e0aaa3066 100644
--- a/cmd/root_test.go
+++ b/cmd/root_test.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"cloud.google.com/go/cloudsqlconn"
+	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/cloud-sql-proxy/v2/internal/log"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/cloud-sql-proxy/v2/internal/proxy"
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
@@ -133,6 +134,19 @@ func TestUserAgent(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestStructuredLogsWithQuiet(t *testing.T) {
+	cmd, err := invokeProxyCommand(
+		[]string{"--structured-logs", "--quiet", "proj:region:inst"},
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("want error = nil, got = %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if _, ok := cmd.logger.(*log.StructuredLogger); !ok {
+		t.Errorf("want logger = *log.StructuredLogger, got = %T", cmd.logger)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestNewCommandArguments(t *testing.T) {
 	tcs := []struct {
 		desc string