diff --git a/api/src/core/utils/misc/parse-config.ts b/api/src/core/utils/misc/parse-config.ts
index a0b70fbb2..3a5f82f1e 100644
--- a/api/src/core/utils/misc/parse-config.ts
+++ b/api/src/core/utils/misc/parse-config.ts
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ export const fileExists = async (path: string) =>
     access(path, F_OK)
         .then(() => true)
         .catch(() => false);
+
 export const fileExistsSync = (path: string) => {
     try {
         accessSync(path, F_OK);
diff --git a/api/src/unraid-api/unraid-file-modifier/modifications/log-rotate.modification.ts b/api/src/unraid-api/unraid-file-modifier/modifications/log-rotate.modification.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1d43396fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/src/unraid-api/unraid-file-modifier/modifications/log-rotate.modification.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+import { Logger } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { rm, writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
+
+import { execa } from 'execa';
+
+import { fileExists } from '@app/core/utils/misc/parse-config';
+import {
+    FileModification,
+    ShouldApplyWithReason,
+} from '@app/unraid-api/unraid-file-modifier/unraid-file-modifier.service';
+
+export class LogRotateModification implements FileModification {
+    id: string = 'log-rotate';
+    filePath: string = '/etc/logrotate.d/unraid-api' as const;
+    logger: Logger;
+    logRotateConfig: string = `
+/var/log/unraid-api/*.log {
+    rotate 1
+    missingok
+    size 1M
+    su root root
+    compress
+    delaycompress
+    copytruncate
+    create 0640 root root
+}
+    `;
+
+    constructor(logger: Logger) {
+        this.logger = logger;
+    }
+
+    async apply(): Promise<void> {
+        await writeFile(this.filePath, this.logRotateConfig, { mode: '644' });
+        // Ensure file is owned by root:root
+        await execa('chown', ['root:root', this.filePath]).catch((err) => this.logger.error(err));
+    }
+
+    async rollback(): Promise<void> {
+        await rm(this.filePath);
+    }
+
+    async shouldApply(): Promise<ShouldApplyWithReason> {
+        const alreadyConfigured = await fileExists(this.filePath);
+        if (alreadyConfigured) {
+            return { shouldApply: false, reason: 'LogRotate configuration already exists' };
+        }
+        return { shouldApply: true, reason: 'No LogRotate config for the API configured yet' };
+    }
+}
diff --git a/api/src/unraid-api/unraid-file-modifier/unraid-file-modifier.service.ts b/api/src/unraid-api/unraid-file-modifier/unraid-file-modifier.service.ts
index 232c108c7..0c449e37e 100644
--- a/api/src/unraid-api/unraid-file-modifier/unraid-file-modifier.service.ts
+++ b/api/src/unraid-api/unraid-file-modifier/unraid-file-modifier.service.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { Injectable, Logger, OnModuleDestroy, OnModuleInit } from '@nestjs/commo
 
 import AuthRequestModification from '@app/unraid-api/unraid-file-modifier/modifications/auth-request.modification';
 import SSOFileModification from '@app/unraid-api/unraid-file-modifier/modifications/sso.modification';
+import { LogRotateModification } from '@app/unraid-api/unraid-file-modifier/modifications/log-rotate.modification';
 
 export interface ShouldApplyWithReason {
     shouldApply: boolean;
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ export class UnraidFileModificationService implements OnModuleInit, OnModuleDest
     async loadModifications(): Promise<FileModification[]> {
         const modifications: FileModification[] = [];
         const modificationClasses: Array<new (logger: Logger) => FileModification> = [
+            LogRotateModification,
             AuthRequestModification,
             SSOFileModification,
         ];