diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3a09227..61b7471 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,3 +7,7 @@ using crontab, you could set it up thus;
 ```
 0 0 * * * /mystic/scripts/twitupd.sh && logger -t "mystic_twitupd.sh" "[crontab] blacklist.txt updated"
 ```
+
+## recommended logrotate config
+in the directory `logrotate.d` there's a file called twitupd which is a suggested basic log rotation config
+if you change the mystic dirs in the main twitupd.sh, make sure to change the log file location in the logrotate.d config too
diff --git a/logrotate.d/twitupd b/logrotate.d/twitupd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1c8566d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/logrotate.d/twitupd
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/mystic/logs/twitupd.log {
+	daily
+	rotate 7
+	compress
+	delaycompress
+	missingok
+	notifempty
+	create 644 root root
+}