diff --git a/conduwuit-example.toml b/conduwuit-example.toml
index fcab2a91..2ab19b5b 100644
--- a/conduwuit-example.toml
+++ b/conduwuit-example.toml
@@ -302,6 +302,10 @@ allow_check_for_updates = true
 # Defaults to your CPU physical core count (not logical threads) count divided by 2 (half)
 #rocksdb_parallelism_threads = 0
 
+# Maximum number of LOG files RocksDB will keep
+# Defaults to 3 as these are not very useful
+#rocksdb_max_log_files = 3
+
 
 
 ### Presence
diff --git a/src/config/mod.rs b/src/config/mod.rs
index bdb66b31..aab27a33 100644
--- a/src/config/mod.rs
+++ b/src/config/mod.rs
@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@ pub struct Config {
 	pub rocksdb_optimize_for_spinning_disks: bool,
 	#[serde(default = "default_rocksdb_parallelism_threads")]
 	pub rocksdb_parallelism_threads: usize,
+	#[serde(default = "default_rocksdb_max_log_files")]
+	pub rocksdb_max_log_files: usize,
 
 	pub emergency_password: Option<String>,
 
@@ -339,6 +341,7 @@ impl fmt::Display for Config {
 			("zstd Response Body Compression", &self.zstd_compression.to_string()),
 			("RocksDB database log level", &self.rocksdb_log_level),
 			("RocksDB database log time-to-roll", &self.rocksdb_log_time_to_roll.to_string()),
+			("RocksDB Max LOG Files", &self.rocksdb_max_log_files.to_string()),
 			(
 				"RocksDB database max log file size",
 				&self.rocksdb_max_log_file_size.to_string(),
@@ -443,6 +446,8 @@ fn default_rocksdb_log_level() -> String { "error".to_owned() }
 
 fn default_rocksdb_log_time_to_roll() -> usize { 0 }
 
+fn default_rocksdb_max_log_files() -> usize { 3 }
+
 fn default_rocksdb_parallelism_threads() -> usize { num_cpus::get_physical() / 2 }
 
 // I know, it's a great name
diff --git a/src/database/abstraction/rocksdb.rs b/src/database/abstraction/rocksdb.rs
index 378d4a18..7de08f78 100644
--- a/src/database/abstraction/rocksdb.rs
+++ b/src/database/abstraction/rocksdb.rs
@@ -58,21 +58,19 @@ fn db_options(rocksdb_cache: &rocksdb::Cache, config: &Config) -> rocksdb::Optio
 	db_opts.set_log_level(rocksdb_log_level);
 	db_opts.set_max_log_file_size(config.rocksdb_max_log_file_size);
 	db_opts.set_log_file_time_to_roll(config.rocksdb_log_time_to_roll);
+	db_opts.set_keep_log_file_num(config.rocksdb_max_log_files);
 
 	if config.rocksdb_optimize_for_spinning_disks {
 		db_opts.set_skip_stats_update_on_db_open(true);
 		db_opts.set_compaction_readahead_size(2 * 1024 * 1024); // default compaction_readahead_size is 0 which is good for SSDs
 		db_opts.set_target_file_size_base(256 * 1024 * 1024); // default target_file_size is 64MB which is good for SSDs
-		db_opts.set_optimize_filters_for_hits(true); // doesn't really seem useful for fast storage
-		db_opts.set_keep_log_file_num(3); // keep as few LOG files as possible for
-		                          // spinning hard drives. these are not really
-		                          // important
+		db_opts.set_optimize_filters_for_hits(true); // doesn't really seem useful for
+		                                     // fast storage
 	} else {
 		db_opts.set_skip_stats_update_on_db_open(false);
 		db_opts.set_max_bytes_for_level_base(512 * 1024 * 1024);
 		db_opts.set_use_direct_reads(true);
 		db_opts.set_use_direct_io_for_flush_and_compaction(true);
-		db_opts.set_keep_log_file_num(20);
 	}
 
 	db_opts.set_block_based_table_factory(&block_based_options);