diff --git a/ray-operator/controllers/ray/common/pod.go b/ray-operator/controllers/ray/common/pod.go
index 180aec0b1e3..baba7776a70 100644
--- a/ray-operator/controllers/ray/common/pod.go
+++ b/ray-operator/controllers/ray/common/pod.go
@@ -675,8 +675,9 @@ func concatenateContainerCommand(nodeType rayiov1alpha1.RayNodeType, rayStartPar
 
 func convertParamMap(rayStartParams map[string]string) (s string) {
 	flags := new(bytes.Buffer)
+	nonFlagParams := []string{"log-color", "include-dashboard"}
 	for k, v := range rayStartParams {
-		if strings.ToLower(v) == "true" {
+		if strings.ToLower(v) == "true" && !utils.Contains(nonFlagParams, k) {
 			fmt.Fprintf(flags, " --%s ", k)
 		} else {
 			fmt.Fprintf(flags, " --%s=%s ", k, v)
diff --git a/ray-operator/controllers/ray/common/pod_test.go b/ray-operator/controllers/ray/common/pod_test.go
index c4a51332c28..d3cdf3ae9eb 100644
--- a/ray-operator/controllers/ray/common/pod_test.go
+++ b/ray-operator/controllers/ray/common/pod_test.go
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ var instance = rayiov1alpha1.RayCluster{
 				"object-store-memory": "100000000",
 				"redis-password":      "LetMeInRay",
 				"num-cpus":            "1",
+				"include-dashboard":   "true",
+				"log-color":           "true",
 			},
 			Template: v1.PodTemplateSpec{
 				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
@@ -562,6 +564,9 @@ func TestValidateHeadRayStartParams_OK(t *testing.T) {
 	isValid, err := ValidateHeadRayStartParams(*input)
 	assert.Equal(t, true, isValid)
 	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	command := convertParamMap(input.RayStartParams)
+	assert.True(t, strings.Contains(command, "--include-dashboard=true"))
+	assert.True(t, strings.Contains(command, "--log-color=true"))
 }
 
 func TestValidateHeadRayStartParams_ValidWithObjectStoreMemoryError(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/ray-operator/controllers/ray/utils/util.go b/ray-operator/controllers/ray/utils/util.go
index 74d8fa66388..15c4a08fd7c 100644
--- a/ray-operator/controllers/ray/utils/util.go
+++ b/ray-operator/controllers/ray/utils/util.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"math"
 	"reflect"
-	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
@@ -212,9 +211,13 @@ func CalculateAvailableReplicas(pods corev1.PodList) int32 {
 	return count
 }
 
-func Contains(s []string, searchTerm string) bool {
-	i := sort.SearchStrings(s, searchTerm)
-	return i < len(s) && s[i] == searchTerm
+func Contains(elems []string, searchTerm string) bool {
+	for _, s := range elems {
+		if searchTerm == s {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
 }
 
 func FilterContainerByName(containers []corev1.Container, name string) (corev1.Container, error) {