diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 316922de..239ed17e 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ RUN ln -fs /opt/idds/config/idds/supervisord_idds.ini /etc/supervisord.d/idds.in
 RUN ln -fs /opt/idds/config/idds/supervisord_httpd.ini /etc/supervisord.d/httpd.ini
 # RUN ln -fs /opt/idds/config/idds/supervisord_syslog-ng.ini /etc/supervisord.d/syslog-ng.ini
 RUN ln -fs /opt/idds/config/idds/supervisord_logrotate.ini /etc/supervisord.d/logrotate.ini
+RUN ln -fs /opt/idds/config/idds/logrotate_idds /etc/logrotate.d/idds
 
 # for syslog-ng
 RUN mv /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf.back
diff --git a/main/config_default/logrotate_daemon b/main/config_default/logrotate_daemon
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..f13cfe02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/config_default/logrotate_daemon
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+while true; do /usr/sbin/logrotate -s /var/log/idds/logrotate.status -d /etc/logrotate.d/idds; sleep 86400; done
diff --git a/main/config_default/supervisord_logrotate.ini b/main/config_default/supervisord_logrotate.ini
index 0e3806c3..bde8c1d4 100644
--- a/main/config_default/supervisord_logrotate.ini
+++ b/main/config_default/supervisord_logrotate.ini
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-[program:log_rotate]
-command=/usr/sbin/logrotate -d /etc/logrotate.d/idds
+[program:logrotate]
+# command=/usr/sbin/logrotate -s /var/log/idds/logrotate.status -d /etc/logrotate.d/idds
+command=/opt/idds/config/idds/logrotate_daemon
 # process_name=%(process_num)02d
 # user=atlpan
 childlogdir=/var/log/idds
diff --git a/start-daemon.sh b/start-daemon.sh
index 6020bd83..ff9382d1 100755
--- a/start-daemon.sh
+++ b/start-daemon.sh
@@ -135,7 +135,9 @@ else
     # cp /opt/idds/config_default/supervisord_syslog-ng.ini /opt/idds/config/idds/supervisord_syslog-ng.ini
 
     cp /opt/idds/config_default/supervisord_logrotate.ini /opt/idds/config/idds/supervisord_logrotate.ini
-    cp /opt/idds/config_default/logrotate_idds /etc/logrotate.d/idds
+    cp /opt/idds/config_default/logrotate_idds /opt/idds/config/idds/logrotate_idds
+    cp /opt/idds/config_default/logrotate_daemon /opt/idds/config/idds/logrotate_daemon
+    chmod +x /opt/idds/config/idds/logrotate_daemon
 fi
 
 if [ -f /etc/grid-security/hostkey.pem ]; then