diff --git a/neon_core/configuration/mark_2/neon.yaml b/neon_core/configuration/mark_2/neon.yaml
index fc6e015b9..88d46c945 100644
--- a/neon_core/configuration/mark_2/neon.yaml
+++ b/neon_core/configuration/mark_2/neon.yaml
@@ -151,8 +151,9 @@ log_dir: /home/neon/logs/
 log_level: INFO
 logs:
   path: /home/neon/.local/state/neon/
-  max_bytes: 50000000
-  backup_count: 3
+  # 2M max size per log file to keep within the 10M log limit
+  max_bytes: 1048576
+  backup_count: 1
   diagnostic: False
   level_overrides:
     error: []
@@ -161,11 +162,6 @@ logs:
       - botocore
     info: []
     debug: []
-logging:
-  # 2M max size per log file to keep within  the 10M log limit
-  max_bytes: 2097152
-  # Backups count towards the cache limit too; skip any backups
-  backup_count: 0
 debug: False
 system_unit: imperial
 system: