diff --git a/newsfragments/fix-unnecessary-log-text-when-detached.bugfix b/newsfragments/fix-unnecessary-log-text-when-detached.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7702609
--- /dev/null
+++ b/newsfragments/fix-unnecessary-log-text-when-detached.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fixed regression of log output including "text" in detached mode.
diff --git a/podman_compose.py b/podman_compose.py
index 079351d..dda6792 100755
--- a/podman_compose.py
+++ b/podman_compose.py
@@ -3061,7 +3061,7 @@ async def run_container(
 
     # start the container
     log.debug("Starting task for container %s", name)
-    return await compose.podman.run(*command, log_formatter=log_formatter or "text")  # type: ignore[misc]
+    return await compose.podman.run(*command, log_formatter=log_formatter)  # type: ignore[misc]
 
 
 def deps_from_container(args: argparse.Namespace, cnt: dict) -> set: