diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 6cc4276..de22180 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1161,6 +1161,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "arc-swap",
  "chrono",
  "derivative",
+ "flate2",
  "fnv",
  "humantime",
  "libc",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f4ba7d9..789b15f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ itertools = "0.10"
 json = "0.12"
 lazy_static = "1.4"
 log = "*"
-log4rs = "1"
+log4rs = { version = "1", features = ["gzip"] }
 markup5ever_rcdom = "0.3"
 md5 = "0.7"
 modular-bitfield = "0.11"
diff --git a/log-cfg.yml b/log-cfg.yml
index d2a2bde..6462b7d 100644
--- a/log-cfg.yml
+++ b/log-cfg.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ appenders:
     kind: rolling_file
     path: "log/requests.log"
     encoder:
-      pattern: "{d} - {m}{n}"
+      pattern: "{d(%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S)} - {m}{n}"
     policy:
       kind: compound
       trigger:
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ appenders:
         kind: fixed_window
         base: 1
         count: 5
-        pattern: "logs/requests.{}.log"
+        pattern: "log/requests.{}.log.gz"
 root:
   level: info
   appenders: