diff --git a/config/config_system.go b/config/config_system.go
index 60c6727..ff19863 100644
--- a/config/config_system.go
+++ b/config/config_system.go
@@ -135,7 +135,21 @@ func (sc *SystemConfiguration) EnableLogRotation() error {
 	}
 	defer f.Close()
 
-	t, err := template.ParseFiles("templates/logrotate.tpl")
+	t, err := template.New("logrotate").Parse(`
+{{.LogDirectory}}/wings.log {
+    size 10M
+    compress
+    delaycompress
+    dateext
+    maxage 7
+    missingok
+    notifempty
+    create 0640 {{.User.Uid}} {{.User.Gid}}
+    postrotate
+        killall -SIGHUP wings
+    endscript
+}`)
+
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.WithStack(err)
 	}
diff --git a/templates/logrotate.tpl b/templates/logrotate.tpl
deleted file mode 100644
index d848699..0000000
--- a/templates/logrotate.tpl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-{{.LogDirectory}}/wings.log {
-    size 10M
-    compress
-    delaycompress
-    dateext
-    maxage 7
-    missingok
-    notifempty
-    create 0640 {{.User.Uid}} {{.User.Gid}}
-    postrotate
-        killall -SIGHUP wings
-    endscript
-}
\ No newline at end of file