diff --git a/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/LogWriter.java b/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/LogWriter.java
index 5aa53e7eae0d25a46d4ba5c917efd2821d3c212a..8326721237d3256ab8231a22b9f45bf0a6aef56a 100644
--- a/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/LogWriter.java
+++ b/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/LogWriter.java
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ class LogWriter implements Runnable {
     public void run() {
         _write = true;
         try {
-            rotateFile();
+            // Don't rotate and open until needed
+            //rotateFile();
             while (_write) {
                 flushRecords();
                 if (_write)