diff --git a/lutris/gui/application.py b/lutris/gui/application.py
index 97201c07d..15f655b68 100644
--- a/lutris/gui/application.py
+++ b/lutris/gui/application.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ from lutris.style_manager import StyleManager
 from lutris.util import datapath, log, system
 from lutris.util.http import HTTPError, Request
 from lutris.util.jobs import AsyncCall
-from lutris.util.log import logger
+from lutris.util.log import file_handler, logger
 from lutris.util.savesync import save_check, show_save_stats, upload_save
 from lutris.util.steam.appmanifest import AppManifest, get_appmanifests
 from lutris.util.steam.config import get_steamapps_dirs
@@ -329,6 +329,7 @@ class Application(Gtk.Application):
     def do_startup(self):  # pylint: disable=arguments-differ
         """Sets up the application on first start."""
         Gtk.Application.do_startup(self)
+        file_handler.doRollover()
         signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, signal.SIG_DFL)
 
         action = Gio.SimpleAction.new("quit")
diff --git a/lutris/util/log.py b/lutris/util/log.py
index b206dd30a..514255b65 100644
--- a/lutris/util/log.py
+++ b/lutris/util/log.py
@@ -16,22 +16,22 @@ if not os.path.isdir(CACHE_DIR):
 
 # Formatters
 FILE_FORMATTER = logging.Formatter("[%(levelname)s:%(asctime)s:%(module)s]: %(message)s")
-
 SIMPLE_FORMATTER = logging.Formatter("%(asctime)s: %(message)s")
-
 DEBUG_FORMATTER = logging.Formatter("%(levelname)-8s %(asctime)s [%(module)s.%(funcName)s:%(lineno)s]:%(message)s")
 
 # Log file setup
 LOG_FILENAME = os.path.join(CACHE_DIR, "lutris.log")
-loghandler = logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler(LOG_FILENAME, maxBytes=20971520, backupCount=5)
-loghandler.setFormatter(FILE_FORMATTER)
+file_handler = logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler(LOG_FILENAME, backupCount=5)
+file_handler.setFormatter(FILE_FORMATTER)
 
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
-logger.addHandler(loghandler)
+file_logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+file_logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+file_logger.addHandler(file_handler)
 
 # Set the logging level to show debug messages.
 console_handler = logging.StreamHandler(stream=sys.stderr)
 console_handler.setFormatter(SIMPLE_FORMATTER)
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 logger.addHandler(console_handler)
 logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)