diff --git a/host/logging-vic.properties b/host/logging-vic.properties
index 75eb1b353..0da2212ee 100644
--- a/host/logging-vic.properties
+++ b/host/logging-vic.properties
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ java.util.logging.FileHandler.pattern = /admiral/log/xenonHost.%g.log
 java.util.logging.FileHandler.append = true
 
 # how many output files to cycle through (default 5)
-java.util.logging.FileHandler.count=5
+java.util.logging.FileHandler.count=25
 
-# an approximate maximum amount to write (in bytes) to any one file (default 1GB)
-java.util.logging.FileHandler.limit=1000000000
+# an approximate maximum amount to write (in bytes) to any one file (default 200MB)
+java.util.logging.FileHandler.limit=200000000