diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7d909c378..63c1240c6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -7,18 +7,21 @@ install:
 	go install github.com/tendermint/tendermint/cmd/barak
 	go install github.com/tendermint/tendermint/cmd/debora
 	go install github.com/tendermint/tendermint/cmd/stdinwriter
+	go install github.com/tendermint/tendermint/cmd/logjack
 
 build: 
 	go build -o build/tendermint github.com/tendermint/tendermint/cmd/tendermint
 	go build -o build/barak github.com/tendermint/tendermint/cmd/barak
 	go build -o build/debora github.com/tendermint/tendermint/cmd/debora
 	go build -o build/stdinwriter github.com/tendermint/tendermint/cmd/stdinwriter
+	go build -o build/logjack github.com/tendermint/tendermint/cmd/logjack
 
 build_race: 
 	go build -race -o build/tendermint github.com/tendermint/tendermint/cmd/tendermint
 	go build -race -o build/barak github.com/tendermint/tendermint/cmd/barak
 	go build -race -o build/debora github.com/tendermint/tendermint/cmd/debora
 	go build -race -o build/stdinwriter github.com/tendermint/tendermint/cmd/stdinwriter
+	go build -race -o build/logjack github.com/tendermint/tendermint/cmd/logjack
 
 test: build
 	go test github.com/tendermint/tendermint/...
diff --git a/cmd/logjack/README.md b/cmd/logjack/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..75a42c3ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/logjack/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+A custom version of logrotate that doesn't rely on sudo access to /etc/logrotate.d.
+
+This will be the second process aside from "tendermint" managed by "debora/barak".
+
+```bash
+logjack -chopSize="10M" -limitSize="1G" $HOME/.tendermint/logs/tendermint.log
+```
+
+The above example chops the log file and moves it, e.g. to $HOME/.tendermint/logs/tendermint.log.000,
+when the base file (tendermint.log) exceeds 10M in size.  If the total size of tendermint.log.XXX exceeds 1G in size,
+the older files are removed.
diff --git a/cmd/logjack/main.go b/cmd/logjack/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cbd6bccd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/logjack/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"regexp"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	. "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/common"
+)
+
+const Version = "0.0.1"
+const sleepSeconds = 1 // Every minute
+
+// Parse command-line options
+func parseFlags() (chopSize int64, limitSize int64, version bool, logFiles []string) {
+	var chopSizeStr, limitSizeStr string
+	flag.StringVar(&chopSizeStr, "chopSize", "1M", "Move file if greater than this")
+	flag.StringVar(&limitSizeStr, "limitSize", "1G", "Only keep this much (for each specified file). Remove old files.")
+	flag.BoolVar(&version, "version", false, "Version")
+	flag.Parse()
+	logFiles = flag.Args()
+	chopSize = parseBytesize(chopSizeStr)
+	limitSize = parseBytesize(limitSizeStr)
+	return
+}
+
+func main() {
+
+	// Read options
+	chopSize, limitSize, version, logFiles := parseFlags()
+	if version {
+		fmt.Println(Fmt("logjack version %v", Version))
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Print args.
+	// fmt.Println(chopSize, limitSiz,e version, logFiles)
+
+	go func() {
+		for {
+			for _, logFilePath := range logFiles {
+				minIndex, maxIndex, totalSize, baseSize := readLogInfo(logFilePath)
+				if chopSize < baseSize {
+					moveLog(logFilePath, Fmt("%v.%03d", logFilePath, maxIndex+1))
+				}
+				if limitSize < totalSize {
+					// NOTE: we only remove one file at a time.
+					removeLog(Fmt("%v.%03d", logFilePath, minIndex))
+				}
+			}
+			time.Sleep(sleepSeconds * time.Second)
+		}
+	}()
+
+	// Trap signal
+	TrapSignal(func() {
+		fmt.Println("logjack shutting down")
+	})
+}
+
+func moveLog(oldPath, newPath string) {
+	err := os.Rename(oldPath, newPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+}
+
+func removeLog(path string) {
+	err := os.Remove(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+}
+
+// This is a strange function.  Refactor everything to make it less strange?
+func readLogInfo(logPath string) (minIndex, maxIndex int, totalSize int64, baseSize int64) {
+
+	logDir := filepath.Dir(logPath)
+	logFile := filepath.Base(logPath)
+	minIndex, maxIndex = -1, -1
+
+	dir, err := os.Open(logDir)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	fi, err := dir.Readdir(0)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	for _, fileInfo := range fi {
+		indexedFilePattern := regexp.MustCompile("^.+\\.([0-9]{3,})$")
+		if fileInfo.Name() == logFile {
+			baseSize = fileInfo.Size()
+			continue
+		} else if strings.HasPrefix(fileInfo.Name(), logFile) {
+			totalSize += fileInfo.Size()
+			submatch := indexedFilePattern.FindSubmatch([]byte(fileInfo.Name()))
+			if len(submatch) != 0 {
+				// Matches
+				logIndex, err := strconv.Atoi(string(submatch[1]))
+				if err != nil {
+					panic(err)
+				}
+				if maxIndex < logIndex {
+					maxIndex = logIndex
+				}
+				if minIndex == -1 || logIndex < minIndex {
+					minIndex = logIndex
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return minIndex, maxIndex, totalSize, baseSize
+}
+
+func parseBytesize(chopSize string) int64 {
+	// Handle suffix multiplier
+	var multiplier int64 = 1
+	if strings.HasSuffix(chopSize, "T") {
+		multiplier = 1042 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024
+		chopSize = chopSize[:len(chopSize)-1]
+	}
+	if strings.HasSuffix(chopSize, "G") {
+		multiplier = 1042 * 1024 * 1024
+		chopSize = chopSize[:len(chopSize)-1]
+	}
+	if strings.HasSuffix(chopSize, "M") {
+		multiplier = 1042 * 1024
+		chopSize = chopSize[:len(chopSize)-1]
+	}
+	if strings.HasSuffix(chopSize, "K") {
+		multiplier = 1042
+		chopSize = chopSize[:len(chopSize)-1]
+	}
+
+	// Parse the numeric part
+	chopSizeInt, err := strconv.Atoi(chopSize)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	return int64(chopSizeInt) * multiplier
+}
diff --git a/config/tendermint/logrotate.config b/config/tendermint/logrotate.config
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..73eaf74e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/tendermint/logrotate.config
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+// If you wanted to use logrotate, I suppose this might be the config you want.
+// Instead, I'll just write our own, that way we don't need sudo to install.
+
+$HOME/.tendermint/logs/tendermint.log {
+  missingok
+  notifempty
+  rotate 12
+  daily
+  size 10M
+  compress
+  delaycompress
+}
+
+$HOME/.barak/logs/barak.log {
+  missingok
+  notifempty
+  rotate 12
+  weekly
+  size 10M
+  compress
+  delaycompress
+}
diff --git a/scripts/unsafe_restart_net.sh b/scripts/unsafe_restart_net.sh
index f398193e3..dd3f7c616 100755
--- a/scripts/unsafe_restart_net.sh
+++ b/scripts/unsafe_restart_net.sh
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@
 set -euo pipefail
 IFS=$'\n\t'
 
-debora run -- bash -c "cd \$GOPATH/src/github.com/tendermint/tendermint; killall tendermint"
+debora run -- bash -c "cd \$GOPATH/src/github.com/tendermint/tendermint; killall tendermint; killall logjack"
 debora run -- bash -c "cd \$GOPATH/src/github.com/tendermint/tendermint; tendermint unsafe_reset_priv_validator; rm -rf ~/.tendermint/data"
 debora run -- bash -c "cd \$GOPATH/src/github.com/tendermint/tendermint; git pull origin develop; make"
 debora run -- bash -c "cd \$GOPATH/src/github.com/tendermint/tendermint; mkdir -p ~/.tendermint/logs"
 debora run --bg --label tendermint -- bash -c "cd \$GOPATH/src/github.com/tendermint/tendermint; tendermint node | stdinwriter -outpath ~/.tendermint/logs/tendermint.log"
+debora run --bg --label logjack    -- bash -c "cd \$GOPATH/src/github.com/tendermint/tendermint; logjack -chopSize='10M' -limitSize='1G' ~/.tendermint/logs/tendermint.log"
 printf "Done\n"