diff --git a/bin/linspector b/bin/linspector
index f90fc5d..7bfabc5 100755
--- a/bin/linspector
+++ b/bin/linspector
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ logger = logging.getLogger('linspector')
 
 # i currently only increase the 3rd number because the goal is that 0.19.* will become the first
 # stable version.
-__version__ = '0.19.38.dev1'
+__version__ = '0.19.39.dev1'
 __author__ = 'Johannes Findeisen <you@hanez.org>'
 
 
@@ -111,14 +111,10 @@ def main():
             logging.Formatter('[%(asctime)s]:[%(levelname)s]:[%(name)s]:%(message)s')
 
         if configuration.get_option('linspector', 'log_file_size'):
-            log_file_size_mb = int(configuration.get_option('linspector', 'log_file_size'))
-            log_file_size_bytes = int(log_file_size_mb * 1000000)
-        elif configuration.get_option('linspector', 'log_file_size_bytes'):
-            log_file_size_bytes = int(configuration.get_option('linspector',
-                                                                 'log_file_size_bytes'))
+            log_file_size = int(configuration.get_option('linspector', 'log_file_size'))
         else:
-            # default log file size is 10MB
-            log_file_size_bytes = int(10485760)
+            # default log file size is 10000000 bytes (10MiB)
+            log_file_size = int(10000000)
 
         if configuration.get_option('linspector', 'log_file_count'):
             log_file_count = int(configuration.get_option('linspector', 'log_file_count'))
@@ -127,7 +123,7 @@ def main():
             log_file_count = 1
 
         log_file_handler = logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler(log_file,
-                                                                maxBytes=log_file_size_bytes,
+                                                                maxBytes=log_file_size,
                                                                 backupCount=log_file_count)
 
         log_file_handler.setFormatter(log_file_formatter)
diff --git a/etc/linspector.conf b/etc/linspector.conf
index 95ffc2f..83dfd96 100644
--- a/etc/linspector.conf
+++ b/etc/linspector.conf
@@ -7,12 +7,9 @@ log_level= debug
 log_file = ~/code/linspector/linspector/log/linspector.log
 ; number of log files to be kept. i recommend to use the lowest sensible value for keeping performance high. so set
 ; the size of the log file higher to increase the log history.
-log_file_count = 5
-; log file size in megabytes as float.
-;log_file_size = 1
-; log file size in bytes as int. you can set to bytes if you want to set a value lower then 1 megabyte. but it will
-; only be used when log_file_size is not set.
-;log_file_size_bytes = 10485760
+log_file_count = 10
+; log file size in bytes as int. the default is 10000000 bytes (10MiB) if not set here to a different value.
+log_file_size = 1000000
 pid_file = /var/run/user/1000/linspector.pid
 ; plugins separated by ','. no whitespaces allowed! not case sensitive.
 plugins = Lish,HTTPServer