diff --git a/template/stacks/ref-implementation/openbao-logging/logrotate-configmap.yaml b/template/stacks/ref-implementation/openbao-logging/logrotate-configmap.yaml
index 0892d64..391afed 100644
--- a/template/stacks/ref-implementation/openbao-logging/logrotate-configmap.yaml
+++ b/template/stacks/ref-implementation/openbao-logging/logrotate-configmap.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ metadata:
 data:
   logrotate.conf: |
     /openbao/logs/openbao/*.log {
-      size 1M
+      size 5k
       rotate 7
       compress
       missingok
diff --git a/template/stacks/ref-implementation/openbao-logging/logrotate-cronjob.yaml b/template/stacks/ref-implementation/openbao-logging/logrotate-cronjob.yaml
index 12ff152..7fed4c3 100644
--- a/template/stacks/ref-implementation/openbao-logging/logrotate-cronjob.yaml
+++ b/template/stacks/ref-implementation/openbao-logging/logrotate-cronjob.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ spec:
             image: skymatic/logrotate:latest
             securityContext:
             runAsUser: 100
-            command: ["/bin/sh", "-c", "logrotate /etc/logrotate.conf"]
+            command: ["/bin/sh", "-c", "logrotate /etc/logrotate.conf && sleep 1000000"]
             volumeMounts:
               - name: host-log-storage
                 mountPath: /openbao/logs