diff --git a/roles/logging/templates/journald.conf.j2 b/roles/logging/templates/journald.conf.j2
index f6849762..b77fbf0a 100644
--- a/roles/logging/templates/journald.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/logging/templates/journald.conf.j2
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ RateLimitBurst=10000
 # Keep a maximum of 1GB on disk storage
 SystemMaxUse=1G
 SystemKeepFree=
-SystemMaxFileSize=100M
+SystemMaxFileSize=2G
 SystemMaxFiles=100
 
 # split files every day, and keep message for max 2 weeks
-MaxFileSec=1h
+MaxFileSec=2day
 MaxRetentionSec={{journal_retention}}
 SyncIntervalSec=1m