diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5917c90e3cf7..820b68c78335 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,32 @@ internal API changes are not present.
 Main (unreleased)
 -----------------
 
+v0.24.1 (2022-04-14)
+--------------------
+
+### Bugfixes
+
+- Add missing version information back into agentctl --version. (@rlankfo)
+
+- Bump version of github-exporter to latest upstream SHA 284088c21e7d, which
+  includes fixes from bugs found in their latest tag. This includes a fix
+  where not all releases where retrieved when pulling release information.
+  (@rfratto)
+
+- Set the `Content-Type` HTTP header to `application/json` for API endpoints
+  returning json objects. (@marctc)
+
+- Operator: fix issue where a `username_file` field was incorrectly set.
+  (@rfratto)
+
+- Initialize the logger with default `log_level` and `log_format` parameters.
+  (@tpaschalis)
+
+### Other changes
+
+- Embed timezone data to enable Promtail pipelines using the `location` field
+  on Windows machines. (@tpaschalis)
+
 v0.24.0 (2022-04-07)
 --------------------
 
diff --git a/cmd/agentctl/main.go b/cmd/agentctl/main.go
index b41e6bb99d6f..e4bc7a51ed2d 100644
--- a/cmd/agentctl/main.go
+++ b/cmd/agentctl/main.go
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ import (
 
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
 
-	// Adds version information
-	_ "github.com/grafana/agent/pkg/build"
 	"github.com/grafana/agent/pkg/client/grafanacloud"
 	"github.com/grafana/agent/pkg/config"
 	"github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter"
@@ -45,6 +43,9 @@ import (
 	kclient "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client/apiutil"
 	kconfig "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client/config"
+
+	// Adds version information
+	_ "github.com/grafana/agent/pkg/build"
 )
 
 func main() {
diff --git a/docs/user/configuration/integrations/node-exporter-config.md b/docs/user/configuration/integrations/node-exporter-config.md
index f5caece34067..9483abfb528d 100644
--- a/docs/user/configuration/integrations/node-exporter-config.md
+++ b/docs/user/configuration/integrations/node-exporter-config.md
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ docker run \
   -v "/proc:/host/proc:ro,rslave" \
   -v /tmp/agent:/etc/agent \
   -v /path/to/config.yaml:/etc/agent-config/agent.yaml \
-  grafana/agent:v0.24.0 \
+  grafana/agent:v0.24.1 \
   --config.file=/etc/agent-config/agent.yaml
 ```
 
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ metadata:
   name: agent
 spec:
   containers:
-  - image: grafana/agent:v0.24.0
+  - image: grafana/agent:v0.24.1
     name: agent
     args:
     - --config.file=/etc/agent-config/agent.yaml
diff --git a/docs/user/configuration/integrations/process-exporter-config.md b/docs/user/configuration/integrations/process-exporter-config.md
index f6a8bc5d7910..fcbef20a8664 100644
--- a/docs/user/configuration/integrations/process-exporter-config.md
+++ b/docs/user/configuration/integrations/process-exporter-config.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ docker run \
   -v "/proc:/proc:ro" \
   -v /tmp/agent:/etc/agent \
   -v /path/to/config.yaml:/etc/agent-config/agent.yaml \
-  grafana/agent:v0.24.0 \
+  grafana/agent:v0.24.1 \
   --config.file=/etc/agent-config/agent.yaml
 ```
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ metadata:
   name: agent
 spec:
   containers:
-  - image: grafana/agent:v0.24.0
+  - image: grafana/agent:v0.24.1
     name: agent
     args:
     - --config.file=/etc/agent-config/agent.yaml
diff --git a/docs/user/getting-started/_index.md b/docs/user/getting-started/_index.md
index d11c380d80a2..35fe065c65b1 100644
--- a/docs/user/getting-started/_index.md
+++ b/docs/user/getting-started/_index.md
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ See the list of [Community Projects](#community-projects) for the community-driv
 docker run \
   -v /tmp/agent:/etc/agent/data \
   -v /path/to/config.yaml:/etc/agent/agent.yaml \
-  grafana/agent:v0.24.0
+  grafana/agent:v0.24.1
 ```
 
 Replace `/tmp/agent` with the folder you wish to store WAL data in. WAL data is
diff --git a/docs/user/operator/custom-resource-quickstart.md b/docs/user/operator/custom-resource-quickstart.md
index c7203edb2a3a..6116bdeedd5d 100644
--- a/docs/user/operator/custom-resource-quickstart.md
+++ b/docs/user/operator/custom-resource-quickstart.md
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     app: grafana-agent
 spec:
-  image: grafana/agent:v0.24.0
+  image: grafana/agent:v0.24.1
   logLevel: info
   serviceAccountName: grafana-agent
   metrics:
diff --git a/docs/user/operator/getting-started.md b/docs/user/operator/getting-started.md
index 61a458b73c9e..6be6f8b5b476 100644
--- a/docs/user/operator/getting-started.md
+++ b/docs/user/operator/getting-started.md
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ spec:
       serviceAccountName: grafana-agent-operator
       containers:
       - name: operator
-        image: grafana/agent-operator:v0.24.0
+        image: grafana/agent-operator:v0.24.1
         args:
         - --kubelet-service=default/kubelet
 ---
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 8703e0976def..29051be9d3c5 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/hashicorp/consul/api v1.12.0
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-cleanhttp v0.5.2
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror v1.1.1
-	github.com/infinityworks/github-exporter v0.0.0-20201016091012-831b72461034
+	github.com/infinityworks/github-exporter v0.0.0-20210802160115-284088c21e7d
 	github.com/johannesboyne/gofakes3 v0.0.0-20210819161434-5c8dfcfe5310
 	github.com/jsternberg/zap-logfmt v1.2.0
 	github.com/lib/pq v1.10.2
diff --git a/pkg/config/config.go b/pkg/config/config.go
index 0aa109ebbb70..fa9ec97a3123 100644
--- a/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ var (
 // DefaultConfig holds default settings for all the subsystems.
 var DefaultConfig = Config{
 	// All subsystems with a DefaultConfig should be listed here.
+	Server:                server.DefaultConfig,
 	Metrics:               metrics.DefaultConfig,
 	Integrations:          DefaultVersionedIntegrations,
 	EnableConfigEndpoints: false,
diff --git a/pkg/logs/logs.go b/pkg/logs/logs.go
index e9933abca135..5f8e7b44475d 100644
--- a/pkg/logs/logs.go
+++ b/pkg/logs/logs.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
+	_ "time/tzdata" // embed timezone data
 
 	"github.com/go-kit/log"
 	"github.com/go-kit/log/level"
diff --git a/pkg/metrics/cluster/configapi/types.go b/pkg/metrics/cluster/configapi/types.go
index d9646e020f76..bf16b72bdb1f 100644
--- a/pkg/metrics/cluster/configapi/types.go
+++ b/pkg/metrics/cluster/configapi/types.go
@@ -61,11 +61,13 @@ type GetConfigurationResponse struct {
 // status code of statusCode. resp is marshaled to JSON.
 func WriteResponse(w http.ResponseWriter, statusCode int, resp interface{}) error {
 	apiResp := &APIResponse{Status: "success", Data: resp}
+	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
 	return apiResp.WriteTo(w, statusCode)
 }
 
 // WriteError writes an error response back to the ResponseWriter.
 func WriteError(w http.ResponseWriter, statusCode int, err error) error {
 	resp := &APIResponse{Status: "error", Data: &ErrorResponse{Error: err.Error()}}
+	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
 	return resp.WriteTo(w, statusCode)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/operator/config/config_test.go b/pkg/operator/config/config_test.go
index de1735481710..eb804887d69f 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/config/config_test.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/config/config_test.go
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ func TestBuildConfigMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 								basicAuth:
 									username:
 										name: example-secret
-										key: uname
+										key: key
 									password:
 										name: example-secret
 										key: pword
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ func TestBuildConfigMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 							remote_write:
 							- url: http://localhost:9090/api/v1/write
 								basic_auth:
-									username_file: /var/lib/grafana-agent/secrets/_secrets_default_example_secret_uname
+									username: somesecret
 									password_file: /var/lib/grafana-agent/secrets/_secrets_default_example_secret_pword
 								tls_config:
 									ca_file: /var/lib/grafana-agent/secrets/_configMaps_default_example_cm_key
diff --git a/pkg/operator/config/metrics_templates_test.go b/pkg/operator/config/metrics_templates_test.go
index dc526e578be2..919e911cddaf 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/config/metrics_templates_test.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/config/metrics_templates_test.go
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ func TestRemoteWrite(t *testing.T) {
 			expect: util.Untab(`
 				url: http://cortex/api/prom/push
 				basic_auth:
-					username_file: /var/lib/grafana-agent/secrets/_secrets_operator_obj_key
+					username: secretkey
 					password_file: /var/lib/grafana-agent/secrets/_secrets_operator_obj_key
 			`),
 		},
diff --git a/pkg/operator/config/templates/component/metrics/remote_write.libsonnet b/pkg/operator/config/templates/component/metrics/remote_write.libsonnet
index e172211ca226..e2a032353fff 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/config/templates/component/metrics/remote_write.libsonnet
+++ b/pkg/operator/config/templates/component/metrics/remote_write.libsonnet
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ function(namespace, rw) {
 
   basic_auth: (
     if rw.BasicAuth != null then {
-      username_file: secrets.pathForSecret(namespace, rw.BasicAuth.Username),
+      username: secrets.valueForSecret(namespace, rw.BasicAuth.Username),
       password_file: secrets.pathForSecret(namespace, rw.BasicAuth.Password),
     }
   ),
diff --git a/pkg/operator/defaults.go b/pkg/operator/defaults.go
index c3b8f8b84683..704c6f1c6d4c 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/defaults.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/defaults.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ var (
 		"v0.22.0",
 		"v0.23.0",
 		"v0.24.0",
+		"v0.24.1",
 
 		// NOTE(rfratto): when performing an upgrade, add the newest version above instead of changing the existing reference.
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/server/config.go b/pkg/server/config.go
index 3beb033f5c2a..015d4bd546ff 100644
--- a/pkg/server/config.go
+++ b/pkg/server/config.go
@@ -43,9 +43,11 @@ type GRPCConfig struct {
 // Default configuration structs.
 var (
 	DefaultConfig = Config{
-		GRPC:  DefaultGRPCConfig,
-		HTTP:  DefaultHTTPConfig,
-		Flags: DefaultFlags,
+		GRPC:      DefaultGRPCConfig,
+		HTTP:      DefaultHTTPConfig,
+		Flags:     DefaultFlags,
+		LogLevel:  DefaultLogLevel,
+		LogFormat: DefaultLogFormat,
 	}
 
 	DefaultHTTPConfig = HTTPConfig{
@@ -55,6 +57,18 @@ var (
 	DefaultGRPCConfig = GRPCConfig{
 		// No non-zero defaults yet
 	}
+
+	emptyFlagSet    = flag.NewFlagSet("", flag.ExitOnError)
+	DefaultLogLevel = func() logging.Level {
+		var lvl logging.Level
+		lvl.RegisterFlags(emptyFlagSet)
+		return lvl
+	}()
+	DefaultLogFormat = func() logging.Format {
+		var fmt logging.Format
+		fmt.RegisterFlags(emptyFlagSet)
+		return fmt
+	}()
 )
 
 // RegisterFlags registers flags for c to the given FlagSet.
diff --git a/pkg/server/logger_test.go b/pkg/server/logger_test.go
index e422b9412df3..59dec39bfb6e 100644
--- a/pkg/server/logger_test.go
+++ b/pkg/server/logger_test.go
@@ -10,6 +10,16 @@ import (
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
 )
 
+func TestLogger_DefaultParameters(t *testing.T) {
+	makeLogger := func(cfg *Config) (log.Logger, error) {
+		var l log.Logger
+		require.Equal(t, "info", cfg.LogLevel.String())
+		require.Equal(t, "logfmt", cfg.LogFormat.String())
+		return l, nil
+	}
+	newLogger(&DefaultConfig, makeLogger).makeLogger(&DefaultConfig)
+}
+
 func TestLogger_ApplyConfig(t *testing.T) {
 	var buf bytes.Buffer
 	makeLogger := func(cfg *Config) (log.Logger, error) {
diff --git a/production/README.md b/production/README.md
index f2cec3e973c5..9622ed9d4d1e 100644
--- a/production/README.md
+++ b/production/README.md
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ directory on your host that you want the agent to store its WAL.
 docker run \
   -v /tmp/agent:/etc/agent/data \
   -v /path/to/config.yaml:/etc/agent/agent.yaml \
-  grafana/agent:v0.24.0
+  grafana/agent:v0.24.1
 ```
 
 ## Running the Agent locally
diff --git a/production/grafanacloud-install.sh b/production/grafanacloud-install.sh
index 962932861328..f4a29047a465 100755
--- a/production/grafanacloud-install.sh
+++ b/production/grafanacloud-install.sh
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ PACKAGE_SYSTEM=${PACKAGE_SYSTEM:=}
 #
 # Global constants.
 #
-RELEASE_VERSION="0.24.0"
+RELEASE_VERSION="0.24.1"
 
 RELEASE_URL="https://github.com/grafana/agent/releases/download/v${RELEASE_VERSION}"
 DEB_URL="${RELEASE_URL}/grafana-agent-${RELEASE_VERSION}-1.${ARCH}.deb"
diff --git a/production/kubernetes/agent-bare.yaml b/production/kubernetes/agent-bare.yaml
index 942e703d7ad1..66a81b54ae4d 100644
--- a/production/kubernetes/agent-bare.yaml
+++ b/production/kubernetes/agent-bare.yaml
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ spec:
           valueFrom:
             fieldRef:
               fieldPath: spec.nodeName
-        image: grafana/agent:v0.24.0
+        image: grafana/agent:v0.24.1
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         name: grafana-agent
         ports:
diff --git a/production/kubernetes/agent-loki.yaml b/production/kubernetes/agent-loki.yaml
index e47ede2af472..bf08060eed67 100644
--- a/production/kubernetes/agent-loki.yaml
+++ b/production/kubernetes/agent-loki.yaml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ spec:
           valueFrom:
             fieldRef:
               fieldPath: spec.nodeName
-        image: grafana/agent:v0.24.0
+        image: grafana/agent:v0.24.1
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         name: grafana-agent-logs
         ports:
diff --git a/production/kubernetes/agent-traces.yaml b/production/kubernetes/agent-traces.yaml
index f8fcfb37bfeb..d6a2da80e4f0 100644
--- a/production/kubernetes/agent-traces.yaml
+++ b/production/kubernetes/agent-traces.yaml
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ spec:
           valueFrom:
             fieldRef:
               fieldPath: spec.nodeName
-        image: grafana/agent:v0.24.0
+        image: grafana/agent:v0.24.1
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         name: grafana-agent-traces
         ports:
diff --git a/production/kubernetes/build/lib/version.libsonnet b/production/kubernetes/build/lib/version.libsonnet
index 0160dd8fb6c1..700c7e575a0c 100644
--- a/production/kubernetes/build/lib/version.libsonnet
+++ b/production/kubernetes/build/lib/version.libsonnet
@@ -1 +1 @@
-'grafana/agent:v0.24.0'
+'grafana/agent:v0.24.1'
diff --git a/production/kubernetes/install-bare.sh b/production/kubernetes/install-bare.sh
index 4147f0e00b21..8fc85ac1e0c7 100644
--- a/production/kubernetes/install-bare.sh
+++ b/production/kubernetes/install-bare.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ check_installed() {
 check_installed curl
 check_installed envsubst
 
-MANIFEST_BRANCH=v0.24.0
+MANIFEST_BRANCH=v0.24.1
 MANIFEST_URL=${MANIFEST_URL:-https://raw.githubusercontent.com/grafana/agent/${MANIFEST_BRANCH}/production/kubernetes/agent-bare.yaml}
 NAMESPACE=${NAMESPACE:-default}
 
diff --git a/production/tanka/grafana-agent/v1/main.libsonnet b/production/tanka/grafana-agent/v1/main.libsonnet
index aa0e8ce8371c..0c113603db41 100644
--- a/production/tanka/grafana-agent/v1/main.libsonnet
+++ b/production/tanka/grafana-agent/v1/main.libsonnet
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ local service = k.core.v1.service;
 (import './lib/traces.libsonnet') +
 {
   _images:: {
-    agent: 'grafana/agent:v0.24.0',
-    agentctl: 'grafana/agentctl:v0.24.0',
+    agent: 'grafana/agent:v0.24.1',
+    agentctl: 'grafana/agentctl:v0.24.1',
   },
 
   // new creates a new DaemonSet deployment of the grafana-agent. By default,
diff --git a/production/tanka/grafana-agent/v2/internal/base.libsonnet b/production/tanka/grafana-agent/v2/internal/base.libsonnet
index b518bf0c4478..907f3513e142 100644
--- a/production/tanka/grafana-agent/v2/internal/base.libsonnet
+++ b/production/tanka/grafana-agent/v2/internal/base.libsonnet
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ function(name='grafana-agent', namespace='') {
   local this = self,
 
   _images:: {
-    agent: 'grafana/agent:v0.24.0',
-    agentctl: 'grafana/agentctl:v0.24.0',
+    agent: 'grafana/agent:v0.24.1',
+    agentctl: 'grafana/agentctl:v0.24.1',
   },
   _config:: {
     name: name,
diff --git a/production/tanka/grafana-agent/v2/internal/syncer.libsonnet b/production/tanka/grafana-agent/v2/internal/syncer.libsonnet
index d1fa35d54bd1..55fc9f11349b 100644
--- a/production/tanka/grafana-agent/v2/internal/syncer.libsonnet
+++ b/production/tanka/grafana-agent/v2/internal/syncer.libsonnet
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ function(
 ) {
   local _config = {
     api: error 'api must be set',
-    image: 'grafana/agentctl:v0.24.0',
+    image: 'grafana/agentctl:v0.24.1',
     schedule: '*/5 * * * *',
     configs: [],
   } + config,