diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4a376dfab9efc..17f7854b41eb9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ define ENVIRONMENT_EXEC
 			$(if $(findstring true,$(ENVIRONMENT_TTY)),--tty,) \
 			--init \
 			--interactive \
+			--privileged \
 			--env INSIDE_ENVIRONMENT=true \
 			$(if $(ENVIRONMENT_NETWORK),--network $(ENVIRONMENT_NETWORK),) \
 			--mount type=bind,source=${CURRENT_DIR},target=/git/vectordotdev/vector \
diff --git a/src/transforms/detect_exceptions/exception_detector.rs b/src/transforms/detect_exceptions/exception_detector.rs
index 1d77e44e0da15..2629012d580e7 100644
--- a/src/transforms/detect_exceptions/exception_detector.rs
+++ b/src/transforms/detect_exceptions/exception_detector.rs
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@ use std::usize;
 use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
 use regex::Regex;
 use crate::{
-    config::log_schema, event::LogEvent, event::Value,
+    event::LogEvent, event::Value,
     internal_events::detect_exceptions::DetectExceptionsStaleEventFlushed,
     transforms::detect_exceptions::*,
 };
+use vector_lib::lookup::path::OwnedTargetPath;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct RuleTarget {
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ pub enum DetectionStatus {
 pub struct TraceAccumulator {
     max_bytes: usize,
     max_lines: usize,
+    message_key: OwnedTargetPath,
     multiline_flush_interval: Duration,
     first_event: LogEvent,
     buffer_size: usize,
@@ -66,11 +68,13 @@ impl TraceAccumulator {
         multiline_flush_interval: Duration,
         max_bytes: usize,
         max_lines: usize,
+        message_key: OwnedTargetPath,
     ) -> TraceAccumulator {
         TraceAccumulator {
             buffer_size: 0,
             max_bytes,
             max_lines,
+            message_key,
             multiline_flush_interval,
             first_event: LogEvent::default(),
             buffer_start_time: Utc::now(),
@@ -84,7 +88,7 @@ impl TraceAccumulator {
 
     pub fn push(&mut self, le: &LogEvent, output: &mut Vec<Event>) {
         let mut detection_status = DetectionStatus::NoTrace;
-        let message = le.get(log_schema().message_key_target_path().unwrap());
+        let message = le.get(&self.message_key);
         let message_copy = message.clone();
 
         match message {
@@ -161,7 +165,7 @@ impl TraceAccumulator {
             }
             _ => {
                 self.first_event.insert(
-                    log_schema().message_key_target_path().unwrap(),
+                    &self.message_key,
                     self.accumulated_messages.join("\n"),
                 );
                 output.push(Event::Log(self.first_event.clone()));
@@ -241,7 +245,7 @@ mod exception_detector_tests {
         detector: &mut ExceptionDetector,
         expected_first: DetectionStatus,
         expected_last: DetectionStatus,
-        multiline: Vec<&str>,
+        multiline: Vec<&str>
     ) {
         let last_index = multiline.len() - 1;
         let mut index = 0;
diff --git a/src/transforms/detect_exceptions/mod.rs b/src/transforms/detect_exceptions/mod.rs
index 9ae4f24f0b670..ad3ded62b0875 100644
--- a/src/transforms/detect_exceptions/mod.rs
+++ b/src/transforms/detect_exceptions/mod.rs
@@ -16,10 +16,13 @@ use futures::{stream, Stream, StreamExt};
 use std::{collections::HashMap, pin::Pin, time::Duration};
 use vector_lib::{
     configurable::configurable_component,
-    config::{LogNamespace, clone_input_definitions},
-    enrichment
+    config::{log_schema,LogNamespace, clone_input_definitions},
+    enrichment,
 };
 
+use vector_lib::lookup::path::OwnedTargetPath;
+use vector_lib::lookup::path::parse_target_path;
+
 /// ProgrammingLanguages
 #[configurable_component]
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, Copy)]
@@ -63,7 +66,7 @@ pub enum ProgrammingLanguages {
 #[configurable_component(transform("detect_exceptions"))]
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 #[serde(deny_unknown_fields, default)]
-pub struct DetectExceptionsConfig {
+pub struct DetectExceptionsConfig{
     /// Programming Languages for which to detect Exceptions
     ///
     /// Supported languages are
@@ -99,6 +102,9 @@ pub struct DetectExceptionsConfig {
     #[serde(default)]
     pub group_by: Vec<String>,
 
+    /// The key path to use to find the message of a log event
+    pub message_key: String,
+
     /// The interval of flushing the buffer for multiline exceptions.
     #[serde(default = "default_multiline_flush_interval_ms")]
     #[serde_as(as = "serde_with::DurationMilliSeconds<u64>")]
@@ -122,6 +128,7 @@ impl Default for DetectExceptionsConfig {
             multiline_flush_interval_ms: default_multiline_flush_interval_ms(),
             max_bytes: default_max_bytes_size(),
             max_lines: default_max_lines_num(),
+            message_key: log_schema().owned_message_path().to_string(),
             group_by: vec![],
         }
     }
@@ -188,6 +195,7 @@ pub struct DetectExceptions {
     multiline_flush_interval: Duration,
     max_bytes: usize,
     max_lines: usize,
+    message_key: OwnedTargetPath,
     group_by: Vec<String>,
 }
 
@@ -196,6 +204,14 @@ impl DetectExceptions {
         if config.languages.is_empty() {
             return Err("languages cannot be empty".into());
         }
+        let owned_target_path: OwnedTargetPath;
+        match parse_target_path(config.message_key.as_str()){
+            Err(e) => return Err(e.into()),
+            Ok(value) =>{
+                owned_target_path = value
+            },
+        };
+
         Ok(DetectExceptions {
             accumulators: HashMap::new(),
             languages: config.languages.clone(),
@@ -204,6 +220,7 @@ impl DetectExceptions {
             multiline_flush_interval: config.multiline_flush_interval_ms,
             max_bytes: config.max_bytes,
             max_lines: config.max_lines,
+            message_key: owned_target_path,
             flush_period: config.flush_period_ms,
         })
     }
@@ -220,6 +237,7 @@ impl DetectExceptions {
                     self.multiline_flush_interval,
                     self.max_bytes,
                     self.max_lines,
+                    self.message_key.clone(),
                 ),
             );
         }