diff --git a/files/image_config/logrotate.d/rsyslog b/files/image_config/logrotate.d/rsyslog
index 0d03e906c9b8..d24bc32abe17 100644
--- a/files/image_config/logrotate.d/rsyslog
+++ b/files/image_config/logrotate.d/rsyslog
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@
 /var/log/messages
 {
     rotate 4
-    weekly
-    maxsize 100M
+    daily
+    maxsize 50M
     missingok
     notifempty
     compress
diff --git a/files/image_config/rsyslog/rsyslog.d/99-default.conf b/files/image_config/rsyslog/rsyslog.d/99-default.conf
index 9b129199b385..cfb1e1d3b881 100644
--- a/files/image_config/rsyslog/rsyslog.d/99-default.conf
+++ b/files/image_config/rsyslog/rsyslog.d/99-default.conf
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 #
 auth,authpriv.*                 /var/log/auth.log
 *.*;auth,authpriv.none          -/var/log/syslog
-# Do not redirect cron, daemon, kernel or lpr logs to
+cron.*                          /var/log/cron.log
+# Do not redirect daemon, kernel or lpr logs to
 # their own files. Let them log to /var/log/syslog
-#cron.*                          /var/log/cron.log
 #daemon.*                        -/var/log/daemon.log
 #kern.*                          -/var/log/kern.log
 #kern.*                          -/var/persist/log/kern.log