diff --git a/config/config.yaml b/config/config.yaml
index 79552a033..f2783dbfc 100644
--- a/config/config.yaml
+++ b/config/config.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ common:
   log_media: file
   log_level: info
   log_dir: /var/log/
+  log_max_size: 20
+  compress_logs: true
+  log_max_files: 10
   working_dir: .
 config_paths:
   config_dir: /etc/crowdsec/
diff --git a/debian/crowdsec.logrotate b/debian/crowdsec.logrotate
deleted file mode 100644
index ff1e12b7b..000000000
--- a/debian/crowdsec.logrotate
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-/var/log/crowdsec.log
-/var/log/crowdsec_api.log
-{
-  rotate 4
-  daily
-  compress
-  missingok
-  notifempty
-}