diff --git a/tests/utils/scribereader_test.py b/tests/utils/scribereader_test.py
index d2a01eb29..f6f1c16ea 100644
--- a/tests/utils/scribereader_test.py
+++ b/tests/utils/scribereader_test.py
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
 from unittest import mock
 
 import pytest
+import yaml
 
 import tron.utils.scribereader
+from tron.utils.scribereader import decompose_action_id
 from tron.utils.scribereader import read_log_stream_for_action_run
 
 try:
@@ -420,3 +422,78 @@ def test_read_log_stream_for_action_run_min_date_and_max_date_for_long_output():
     # The expected output should be max_lines plus the
     # extra line for 'This output is truncated.' message
     assert len(output) == max_lines + 1
+
+
+def test_decompose_action_id_yml_file_found():
+    action_run_id = "namespace.job.1234.action"
+    paasta_cluster = "fake_cluster"
+    config_content = """
+    job:
+        actions:
+            action:
+                service: test_service
+    """
+    with mock.patch("builtins.open", mock.mock_open(read_data=config_content)), mock.patch(
+        "yaml.safe_load", return_value=yaml.safe_load(config_content)
+    ):
+        namespace, job_name, run_num, action = decompose_action_id(action_run_id, paasta_cluster)
+        assert namespace == "test_service"
+        assert job_name == "job"
+        assert run_num == "1234"
+        assert action == "action"
+
+
+def test_decompose_action_id_file_not_found():
+    action_run_id = "namespace.job.1234.action"
+    paasta_cluster = "fake_cluster"
+    with mock.patch("builtins.open", side_effect=FileNotFoundError):
+        namespace, job_name, run_num, action = decompose_action_id(action_run_id, paasta_cluster)
+        assert namespace == "namespace"
+        assert job_name == "job"
+        assert run_num == "1234"
+        assert action == "action"
+
+
+def test_decompose_action_id_yaml_error():
+    action_run_id = "namespace.job.1234.action"
+    paasta_cluster = "fake_cluster"
+    with mock.patch("builtins.open", mock.mock_open(read_data="invalid_yaml")), mock.patch(
+        "yaml.safe_load", side_effect=yaml.YAMLError
+    ):
+        namespace, job_name, run_num, action = decompose_action_id(action_run_id, paasta_cluster)
+        assert namespace == "namespace"
+        assert job_name == "job"
+        assert run_num == "1234"
+        assert action == "action"
+
+
+def test_decompose_action_id_generic_error():
+    action_run_id = "namespace.job.1234.action"
+    paasta_cluster = "fake_cluster"
+    with mock.patch("builtins.open", mock.mock_open(read_data="some_data")), mock.patch(
+        "yaml.safe_load", side_effect=Exception
+    ):
+        namespace, job_name, run_num, action = decompose_action_id(action_run_id, paasta_cluster)
+        assert namespace == "namespace"
+        assert job_name == "job"
+        assert run_num == "1234"
+        assert action == "action"
+
+
+def test_decompose_action_id_service_not_found():
+    action_run_id = "namespace.job.1234.action"
+    paasta_cluster = "fake_cluster"
+    config_content = """
+    job:
+        actions:
+            action:
+                command: "sleep 10"
+    """
+    with mock.patch("builtins.open", mock.mock_open(read_data=config_content)), mock.patch(
+        "yaml.safe_load", return_value=yaml.safe_load(config_content)
+    ):
+        namespace, job_name, run_num, action = decompose_action_id(action_run_id, paasta_cluster)
+        assert namespace == "namespace"
+        assert job_name == "job"
+        assert run_num == "1234"
+        assert action == "action"
diff --git a/tron/utils/scribereader.py b/tron/utils/scribereader.py
index 381d8a534..d79cc2f94 100644
--- a/tron/utils/scribereader.py
+++ b/tron/utils/scribereader.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 from typing import Tuple
 
 import staticconf  # type: ignore
+import yaml
 
 from tron.config.static_config import get_config_watcher
 from tron.config.static_config import NAMESPACE
@@ -81,12 +82,37 @@ def get_scribereader_host_and_port(ecosystem: str, superregion: str, region: str
     return host, port
 
 
+def decompose_action_id(action_run_id: str, paasta_cluster: str) -> Tuple[str, str, str, str]:
+    namespace, job_name, run_num, action = action_run_id.split(".")
+    for ext in ["yaml", "yml"]:
+        try:
+            with open(f"/nail/etc/services/{namespace}/tron-{paasta_cluster}.{ext}") as f:
+                config = yaml.load(f, Loader=yaml.CSafeLoader)
+                service: Optional[str] = (
+                    config.get(job_name, {}).get("actions", {}).get(action, {}).get("service", None)
+                )
+                if service:
+                    return service, job_name, run_num, action
+        except FileNotFoundError:
+            log.warning(f"yelp-soaconfig file tron-{paasta_cluster}.{ext} not found for action_run_id {action_run_id}.")
+        except yaml.YAMLError:
+            log.exception(
+                f"Error parsing YAML file tron-{paasta_cluster}.yaml for {action_run_id} - will default to using current namespace:"
+            )
+        except Exception:
+            log.exception(
+                f"Error reading service for {action_run_id} from file tron-{paasta_cluster}.yaml - will default to using current namespace:"
+            )
+
+    return namespace, job_name, run_num, action
+
+
 class PaaSTALogs:
     def __init__(self, component: str, paasta_cluster: str, action_run_id: str) -> None:
         self.component = component
         self.paasta_cluster = paasta_cluster
         self.action_run_id = action_run_id
-        namespace, job_name, run_num, action = action_run_id.split(".")
+        namespace, job_name, run_num, action = decompose_action_id(action_run_id, paasta_cluster)
         # in our logging infra, things are logged to per-instance streams - but
         # since Tron PaaSTA instances are of the form `job_name.action`, we need
         # to escape the period since some parts of our infra will reject streams