diff --git a/game/runner.py b/game/runner.py
index 383457cb9..e1e0d292f 100644
--- a/game/runner.py
+++ b/game/runner.py
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ PORTAL_PY_FILE = os.path.join(settings.SRC_DIR, 'server/portal.py')
 # Get logfile names
 SERVER_LOGFILE = settings.SERVER_LOG_FILE
 PORTAL_LOGFILE = settings.PORTAL_LOG_FILE
+HTTP_LOGFILE = settings.HTTP_LOG_FILE.strip()
+
+CYCLE_LOGFILES = settings.CYCLE_LOGFILES
 
 # Add this to the environmental variable for the 'twistd' command.
 currpath = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
@@ -106,6 +109,18 @@ def get_pid(pidfile):
             pid = f.read()
     return pid
 
+def cycle_logfile(logfile):
+    """
+    Rotate the old log files to <filename>.old
+    """
+    logfile_old = logfile + '.old'
+    if os.path.exists(logfile):
+        # Cycle the old logfiles to *.old
+        if os.path.exists(logfile_old):
+            # E.g. Windows don't support rename-replace
+            os.remove(logfile_old)
+        os.rename(logfile, logfile_old)
+
 # Start program management
 
 SERVER = None
@@ -245,6 +260,8 @@ def main():
             del server_argv[2]
             print "\nStarting Evennia Server (output to stdout)."
         else:
+            if CYCLE_LOGFILES:
+                cycle_logfile(SERVER_LOGFILE)
             print "\nStarting Evennia Server (output to server logfile)."
         if options.sprof:
             server_argv.extend(sprof_argv)
@@ -266,7 +283,9 @@ def main():
             set_restart_mode(PORTAL_RESTART, True)
             print "\nStarting Evennia Portal in non-Daemon mode (output to stdout)."
         else:
-            PORTAL_LOGFILE
+            if CYCLE_LOGFILES:
+                cycle_logfile(PORTAL_LOGFILE)
+                cycle_logfile(HTTP_LOGFILE)
             set_restart_mode(PORTAL_RESTART, False)
             print "\nStarting Evennia Portal in Daemon mode (output to portal logfile)."
         if options.pprof:
diff --git a/src/settings_default.py b/src/settings_default.py
index 626d55980..1bded0b66 100644
--- a/src/settings_default.py
+++ b/src/settings_default.py
@@ -76,9 +76,10 @@ GAME_DIR = os.path.join(BASE_PATH, 'game')
 LOG_DIR = os.path.join(GAME_DIR, 'logs')
 SERVER_LOG_FILE = os.path.join(LOG_DIR, 'server.log')
 PORTAL_LOG_FILE = os.path.join(LOG_DIR, 'portal.log')
-# Where to log server requests to the web server. This is VERY spammy, so this
-# file should be removed at regular intervals.
 HTTP_LOG_FILE = os.path.join(LOG_DIR, 'http_requests.log')
+# Rotate log files when server and/or portal stops. This will keep log file sizes down.
+# Turn off to get ever growing log files and never loose log info.
+CYCLE_LOGFILES = True
 # Local time zone for this installation. All choices can be found here:
 # http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/interactive/datetime-keywords.html#DATETIME-TIMEZONE-SET-TABLE
 TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'