diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index bfd810e..da70e59 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -122,11 +122,6 @@ func rootCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
 		log.WithField("error", err).Fatal("failed to configure system directories for pterodactyl")
 		return
 	}
-	if err := config.EnableLogRotation(); err != nil {
-		log.WithField("error", err).Fatal("failed to configure log rotation on the system")
-		return
-	}
-
 	log.WithField("username", config.Get().System.User).Info("checking for pterodactyl system user")
 	if err := config.EnsurePterodactylUser(); err != nil {
 		log.WithField("error", err).Fatal("failed to create pterodactyl system user")
@@ -136,6 +131,10 @@ func rootCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
 		"uid":      config.Get().System.User.Uid,
 		"gid":      config.Get().System.User.Gid,
 	}).Info("configured system user successfully")
+	if err := config.EnableLogRotation(); err != nil {
+		log.WithField("error", err).Fatal("failed to configure log rotation on the system")
+		return
+	}
 
 	pclient := remote.New(
 		config.Get().PanelLocation,
diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 9bc331c..99f375f 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -538,8 +538,7 @@ func EnableLogRotation() error {
 	}
 	defer f.Close()
 
-	t, err := template.New("logrotate").Parse(`
-{{.LogDirectory}}/wings.log {
+	t, err := template.New("logrotate").Parse(`{{.LogDirectory}}/wings.log {
     size 10M
     compress
     delaycompress
@@ -547,9 +546,8 @@ func EnableLogRotation() error {
     maxage 7
     missingok
     notifempty
-    create 0640 {{.User.Uid}} {{.User.Gid}}
     postrotate
-        killall -SIGHUP wings
+        /usr/bin/systemctl kill -s HUP wings.service >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
     endscript
 }`)
 	if err != nil {