diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-log-check b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-log-check
index fc855e9f73..9b54cf5863 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-log-check
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-log-check
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ if [[ $EXCLUDE_KNOWN_ERRORS == 'Y' ]]; then
     EXCLUDED_ERRORS="$EXCLUDED_ERRORS|integrity check failed"       # Detections: Exclude false positive due to automated testing
     EXCLUDED_ERRORS="$EXCLUDED_ERRORS|syncErrors"                   # Detections: Not an actual error
     EXCLUDED_ERRORS="$EXCLUDED_ERRORS|Initialized license manager"  # SOC log: before fields.status was changed to fields.licenseStatus
+    EXCLUDED_ERRORS="$EXCLUDED_ERRORS|from NIC checksum offloading" # zeek reporter.log
 fi
 
 RESULT=0
@@ -249,6 +250,9 @@ exclude_log "agentstatus.log" # ignore this log since it tracks agents in error
 exclude_log "detections_runtime-status_yara.log" # temporarily ignore this log until Detections is more stable
 exclude_log "/nsm/kafka/data/" # ignore Kafka data directory from log check.
 
+# Include Zeek reporter.log to detect errors after running known good pcap(s) through sensor
+echo "/nsm/zeek/spool/logger/reporter.log" >> /tmp/log_check_files
+
 for log_file in $(cat /tmp/log_check_files); do
     status "Checking log file $log_file"
     tail -n $RECENT_LOG_LINES $log_file > /tmp/log_check
diff --git a/salt/zeek/defaults.yaml b/salt/zeek/defaults.yaml
index b4291640a0..c66124a86f 100644
--- a/salt/zeek/defaults.yaml
+++ b/salt/zeek/defaults.yaml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ zeek:
       CfgDir: /opt/zeek/etc
       CompressLogs: 1
       ZeekPort: 27760
+      FileExtractDir: ""
     local:
       load:
         - misc/loaded-scripts
diff --git a/salt/zeek/files/zeekctl.cfg.jinja b/salt/zeek/files/zeekctl.cfg.jinja
index 0a6be371c3..018ac738c4 100644
--- a/salt/zeek/files/zeekctl.cfg.jinja
+++ b/salt/zeek/files/zeekctl.cfg.jinja
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ## Global ZeekControl configuration file.
 
-{%- set ALLOWEDOPTIONS = ['commtimeout','commandtimeout','compresscmd','compressextension','compresslogs','compresslogsinflight','controltopic','crashexpireinterval','croncmd','debug','env_vars','havenfs','keeplogs','logdir','logexpireinterval','logrotationinterval','mailalarmsinterval','mailalarmsto','mailarchivelogfail','mailconnectionsummary','mailfrom','mailhostupdown','mailreceivingpackets','mailreplyto','mailsubjectprefix','mailto','makearchivename','memlimit','mindiskspace','pfringclusterid','pfringclustertype','pfringfirstappinstance','prefixes','savetraces','sendmail','sitepluginpath','sitepolicypath','sitepolicyscripts','statslogenable','statslogexpireinterval','statuscmdshowall','stoptimeout','stopwait','timefmt','timemachinehost','timemachineport','zeekargs','zeekport','bindir','capstatspath','cfgdir','debuglog','defaultstoredir','helperdir','libdir','libdir64','libdirinternal','localnetscfg','lockfile','logexpireminutes','nodecfg','os','pcapbufsize','pcapsnaplen','plugindir','pluginzeekdir','policydir','policydirsiteinstall','policydirsiteinstallauto','postprocdir','scriptsdir','spooldir','standalone','statefile','staticdir','statsdir','statslog','time','tmpdir','tmpexecdir','tracesummary','version','zeek','zeekbase'] %}
+{%- set ALLOWEDOPTIONS = ['commtimeout','commandtimeout','compresscmd','compressextension','compresslogs','compresslogsinflight','controltopic','crashexpireinterval','croncmd','debug','env_vars','fileextractdir','havenfs','keeplogs','logdir','logexpireinterval','logrotationinterval','mailalarmsinterval','mailalarmsto','mailarchivelogfail','mailconnectionsummary','mailfrom','mailhostupdown','mailreceivingpackets','mailreplyto','mailsubjectprefix','mailto','makearchivename','memlimit','mindiskspace','pfringclusterid','pfringclustertype','pfringfirstappinstance','prefixes','savetraces','sendmail','sitepluginpath','sitepolicypath','sitepolicyscripts','statslogenable','statslogexpireinterval','statuscmdshowall','stoptimeout','stopwait','timefmt','timemachinehost','timemachineport','zeekargs','zeekport','bindir','capstatspath','cfgdir','debuglog','defaultstoredir','helperdir','libdir','libdir64','libdirinternal','localnetscfg','lockfile','logexpireminutes','nodecfg','os','pcapbufsize','pcapsnaplen','plugindir','pluginzeekdir','policydir','policydirsiteinstall','policydirsiteinstallauto','postprocdir','scriptsdir','spooldir','standalone','statefile','staticdir','statsdir','statslog','time','tmpdir','tmpexecdir','tracesummary','version','zeek','zeekbase'] %}
 
 {%- for option in ZEEKCTL|sort %}
   {%- if option|lower in ALLOWEDOPTIONS %}