diff --git a/distributions/openhab/src/main/resources/userdata/etc/log4j2.xml b/distributions/openhab/src/main/resources/userdata/etc/log4j2.xml
index 5e7838be8f..28a9e8c16b 100644
--- a/distributions/openhab/src/main/resources/userdata/etc/log4j2.xml
+++ b/distributions/openhab/src/main/resources/userdata/etc/log4j2.xml
@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@
 		</Console>
 
 		<!-- Rolling file appender -->
-		<RollingFile fileName="${sys:openhab.logdir}/openhab.log" filePattern="${sys:openhab.logdir}/openhab.log.%i.gz" name="LOGFILE">
+		<RollingRandomAccessFile fileName="${sys:openhab.logdir}/openhab.log" filePattern="${sys:openhab.logdir}/openhab.log.%i.gz" name="LOGFILE">
 			<PatternLayout pattern="%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%-5.5p] [%-36.36c] - %m%n"/>
 			<Policies>
 				<OnStartupTriggeringPolicy/>
 				<SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy size="16 MB"/>
 			</Policies>
 			<DefaultRolloverStrategy max="7"/>
-		</RollingFile>
+		</RollingRandomAccessFile>
 
 		<!-- Event log appender -->
 		<RollingRandomAccessFile fileName="${sys:openhab.logdir}/events.log" filePattern="${sys:openhab.logdir}/events.log.%i.gz" name="EVENT">
diff --git a/launch/app/runtime/log4j2.xml b/launch/app/runtime/log4j2.xml
index 09dd723275..5b8291ee28 100644
--- a/launch/app/runtime/log4j2.xml
+++ b/launch/app/runtime/log4j2.xml
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@
 		</Console>
 
 		<!-- Rolling file appender -->
-		<RollingFile fileName="${sys:openhab.logdir}/openhab.log" filePattern="${sys:openhab.logdir}/openhab.log.%i.gz" name="LOGFILE">
+		<RollingRandomAccessFile fileName="${sys:openhab.logdir}/openhab.log" filePattern="${sys:openhab.logdir}/openhab.log.%i.gz" name="LOGFILE">
 			<PatternLayout pattern="%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%-5.5p] [%-36.36c] - %m%n"/>
 			<Policies>
 				<OnStartupTriggeringPolicy/>
 				<SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy size="16 MB"/>
 			</Policies>
 			<DefaultRolloverStrategy max="7"/>
-		</RollingFile>
+		</RollingRandomAccessFile>
 
 		<!-- Event log appender -->
 		<RollingRandomAccessFile fileName="${sys:openhab.logdir}/events.log" filePattern="${sys:openhab.logdir}/events.log.%i.gz" name="EVENT">