diff --git a/src/config/index.ts b/src/config/index.ts
index ac36b7c95..4264f0a70 100644
--- a/src/config/index.ts
+++ b/src/config/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 const PROD_HOST_URL: string = 'ente://app';
 const RENDERER_OUTPUT_DIR: string = './ui/out';
 const LOG_FILENAME = 'ente.log';
+const MAX_LOG_SIZE = 5 * 1024 * 1024; // 5MB
 
 const FILE_STREAM_CHUNK_SIZE: number = 4 * 1024 * 1024;
 
@@ -9,4 +10,5 @@ export {
     RENDERER_OUTPUT_DIR,
     FILE_STREAM_CHUNK_SIZE,
     LOG_FILENAME,
+    MAX_LOG_SIZE,
 };
diff --git a/src/services/appUpdater.ts b/src/services/appUpdater.ts
index c1bd8c488..dd16b37df 100644
--- a/src/services/appUpdater.ts
+++ b/src/services/appUpdater.ts
@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@ import { autoUpdater } from 'electron-updater';
 import log from 'electron-log';
 import { setIsAppQuitting, setIsUpdateAvailable } from '../main';
 import { buildContextMenu } from '../utils/menu';
-import { LOG_FILENAME } from '../config';
+import { LOG_FILENAME, MAX_LOG_SIZE } from '../config';
 
 class AppUpdater {
     constructor() {
         log.transports.file.fileName = LOG_FILENAME;
+        log.transports.file.maxSize = MAX_LOG_SIZE;
         autoUpdater.logger = log;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/services/logging.ts b/src/services/logging.ts
index f44915ffa..4f177447c 100644
--- a/src/services/logging.ts
+++ b/src/services/logging.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-import { LOG_FILENAME } from '../config';
+import { LOG_FILENAME, MAX_LOG_SIZE } from '../config';
 import log from 'electron-log';
 log.transports.file.fileName = LOG_FILENAME;
+log.transports.file.maxSize = MAX_LOG_SIZE;
 
 export function logToDisk(logLine: string) {
     log.info(logLine);