diff --git a/snakemake_executor_plugin_kubernetes/__init__.py b/snakemake_executor_plugin_kubernetes/__init__.py
index 2efb83c..b987541 100644
--- a/snakemake_executor_plugin_kubernetes/__init__.py
+++ b/snakemake_executor_plugin_kubernetes/__init__.py
@@ -491,6 +491,7 @@ def read_log(
                                     name=pod_name,
                                     namespace=self.namespace,
                                     container=container_name,
+                                    previous=True,
                                 )
 
                             kube_log_content = self._kubernetes_retry(read_log)