diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 0f34ed7..c1afeaf 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -52,10 +52,11 @@ matrix_logrotate_config:
   - log: "{{ matrix_log_dir }}/homeserver.log"
     options:
       - weekly
-      - rotate 4
-      - maxsize 250K
+      - rotate 5
+      - maxsize 512K
       - compress
-      - shred
+      - delaycompress
+      - "create 640 {{ matrix_user }} {{ matrix_group }}"
 
 matrix_server_url: example.com
 matrix_client_url: https://matrix.example.com
diff --git a/templates/etc/logrotate.d/config.j2 b/templates/etc/logrotate.d/config.j2
index 4ca5f5b..143734d 100644
--- a/templates/etc/logrotate.d/config.j2
+++ b/templates/etc/logrotate.d/config.j2
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 #jinja2: lstrip_blocks: True
-# {{ ansible_managed }}
+{{ ansible_managed | comment }}
 {{ item.log }} {
   {% for option in item.options %}
   {{ option }}
   {% endfor %}
   copytruncate
+  sharedscripts
   postrotate
     /usr/bin/pkill -HUP rsyslogd
   endscript