diff --git a/systemvm/patches/debian/config/etc/init.d/cloud-early-config b/systemvm/patches/debian/config/etc/init.d/cloud-early-config
index 729b58f5f6a..5a2ee6fa1a0 100755
--- a/systemvm/patches/debian/config/etc/init.d/cloud-early-config
+++ b/systemvm/patches/debian/config/etc/init.d/cloud-early-config
@@ -995,6 +995,10 @@ setup_router() {
   sed -i "s/-A INPUT -i eth0 -p udp -m udp --dport 53 -j ACCEPT/-A INPUT -i eth0 -p udp -m udp --dport 53 -s $DHCP_RANGE\/$CIDR_SIZE -j ACCEPT/g" /etc/iptables/rules
   sed -i "s/-A INPUT -i eth0 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 53 -j ACCEPT/-A INPUT -i eth0 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 53 -s $DHCP_RANGE\/$CIDR_SIZE -j ACCEPT/g" /etc/iptables/rules.v4
   sed -i "s/-A INPUT -i eth0 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 53 -j ACCEPT/-A INPUT -i eth0 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 53 -s $DHCP_RANGE\/$CIDR_SIZE -j ACCEPT/g" /etc/iptables/rules
+
+  #setup hourly logrotate
+  mv -n /etc/cron.daily/logrotate /etc/cron.hourly 2>&1
+  
 }
 
 
diff --git a/systemvm/patches/debian/config/etc/logrotate.conf b/systemvm/patches/debian/config/etc/logrotate.conf
index 59a6242bb4c..6b5fcc665cf 100644
--- a/systemvm/patches/debian/config/etc/logrotate.conf
+++ b/systemvm/patches/debian/config/etc/logrotate.conf
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ rotate 5
 # create new (empty) log files after rotating old ones
 create
 # use date as a suffix of the rotated file
-dateext
+#dateext
 # max size 50M
 size 50M
 # RPM packages drop log rotation information into this directory
diff --git a/systemvm/patches/debian/config/etc/logrotate.d/cloud b/systemvm/patches/debian/config/etc/logrotate.d/cloud
index 617b09b2adc..5d95942f6a7 100644
--- a/systemvm/patches/debian/config/etc/logrotate.d/cloud
+++ b/systemvm/patches/debian/config/etc/logrotate.d/cloud
@@ -21,7 +21,4 @@
         notifempty
         compress
         delaycompress
-        postrotate
-                /usr/bin/pkill socat > /dev/null
-        endscript
 }
diff --git a/systemvm/patches/debian/config/etc/logrotate.d/rsyslog b/systemvm/patches/debian/config/etc/logrotate.d/rsyslog
index faa87761334..5803c43d875 100644
--- a/systemvm/patches/debian/config/etc/logrotate.d/rsyslog
+++ b/systemvm/patches/debian/config/etc/logrotate.d/rsyslog
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 {
 	rotate 7
 	daily
+	size 50M
 	missingok
 	notifempty
 	delaycompress
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@
 {
 	rotate 10
 	daily
+	size 50M
 	missingok
 	notifempty
 	compress