diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9773cd13..4a7bf501 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ The `sys` publisher is not a real node ID, but it's also not a special case valu
 - CTRL+J to toggle debug mode
 - CTRL+S to step through events in debug mode
 
-- CTRL+L to toggle logging mode, which writes all terminal output to the `.terminal_log` file. Off by default, this will write all events and verbose prints with timestamps.
+- CTRL+L to toggle logging mode, which writes all terminal output to the `.terminal_log` file. On by default, this will write all events and verbose prints with timestamps.
 
 - CTRL+A to jump to beginning of input
 - CTRL+E to jump to end of input
diff --git a/kinode/src/main.rs b/kinode/src/main.rs
index cade9f5d..61619479 100644
--- a/kinode/src/main.rs
+++ b/kinode/src/main.rs
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ async fn main() {
 
     // logging mode is toggled at runtime by CTRL+L
     let is_logging = !*matches.get_one::<bool>("logging-off").unwrap();
+    let max_log_size = matches.get_one::<u64>("max-log-size");
+    let number_log_files = matches.get_one::<u64>("number-log-files");
 
     // detached determines whether terminal is interactive
     let detached = *matches.get_one::<bool>("detached").unwrap();
@@ -427,6 +429,8 @@ async fn main() {
             detached,
             verbose_mode,
             is_logging,
+            max_log_size.copied(),
+            number_log_files.copied(),
         ) => {
             match quit {
                 Ok(()) => {
@@ -666,7 +670,15 @@ fn build_command() -> Command {
                 .action(clap::ArgAction::SetTrue),
         )
         .arg(arg!(--rpc <RPC> "Add a WebSockets RPC URL at boot"))
-        .arg(arg!(--password <PASSWORD> "Node password (in double quotes)"));
+        .arg(arg!(--password <PASSWORD> "Node password (in double quotes)"))
+        .arg(
+            arg!(--"max-log-size" <MAX_LOG_SIZE_BYTES> "Max size of all logs in bytes; setting to 0 -> no size limit (default 16MB)")
+                .value_parser(value_parser!(u64)),
+        )
+        .arg(
+            arg!(--"number-log-files" <NUMBER_LOG_FILES> "Number of logs to rotate (default 4)")
+                .value_parser(value_parser!(u64)),
+        );
 
     #[cfg(feature = "simulation-mode")]
     let app = app
diff --git a/kinode/src/terminal/mod.rs b/kinode/src/terminal/mod.rs
index ce943452..382888be 100644
--- a/kinode/src/terminal/mod.rs
+++ b/kinode/src/terminal/mod.rs
@@ -182,6 +182,8 @@ pub async fn terminal(
     is_detached: bool,
     verbose_mode: u8,
     is_logging: bool,
+    max_log_size: Option<u64>,
+    number_log_files: Option<u64>,
 ) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     let (stdout, _maybe_raw_mode) = utils::splash(&our, version, is_detached)?;
 
@@ -214,11 +216,11 @@ pub async fn terminal(
 
     // if CTRL+L is used to turn on logging, all prints to terminal
     // will also be written with their full timestamp to the .terminal_log file.
-    // logging mode is always off by default. TODO add a boot flag to change this.
+    // logging mode is always on by default
     let log_dir_path = std::fs::canonicalize(&home_directory_path)
         .expect("terminal: could not get path for .terminal_logs dir")
         .join(".terminal_logs");
-    let logger = utils::Logger::new(log_dir_path);
+    let logger = utils::Logger::new(log_dir_path, max_log_size, number_log_files);
 
     let mut state = State {
         stdout,
diff --git a/kinode/src/terminal/utils.rs b/kinode/src/terminal/utils.rs
index d2a2d0ce..f234d517 100644
--- a/kinode/src/terminal/utils.rs
+++ b/kinode/src/terminal/utils.rs
@@ -351,25 +351,37 @@ pub enum LoggerStrategy {
 }
 
 impl LoggerStrategy {
-    fn default() -> Self {
-        LoggerStrategy::Rotating {
-            max_log_dir_bytes: DEFAULT_MAX_LOGS_BYTES,
-            number_log_files: DEFAULT_NUMBER_LOG_FILES,
+    fn new(max_log_size: Option<u64>, number_log_files: Option<u64>) -> Self {
+        let max_log_size = max_log_size.unwrap_or_else(|| DEFAULT_MAX_LOGS_BYTES);
+        let number_log_files = number_log_files.unwrap_or_else(|| DEFAULT_NUMBER_LOG_FILES);
+        if max_log_size == 0 {
+            LoggerStrategy::Infinite
+        } else {
+            LoggerStrategy::Rotating {
+                max_log_dir_bytes: max_log_size,
+                number_log_files,
+            }
         }
     }
 }
 
 impl Logger {
-    pub fn new(log_dir_path: PathBuf) -> Self {
+    pub fn new(
+        log_dir_path: PathBuf,
+        max_log_size: Option<u64>,
+        number_log_files: Option<u64>,
+    ) -> Self {
         let log_writer = make_log_writer(&log_dir_path).unwrap();
         Self {
             log_dir_path,
             log_writer,
-            strategy: LoggerStrategy::default(),
+            strategy: LoggerStrategy::new(max_log_size, number_log_files),
         }
     }
 
     pub fn write(&mut self, line: &str) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+        let now = chrono::Local::now();
+        let line = &format!("[{}] {}", now.to_rfc2822(), line);
         match self.strategy {
             LoggerStrategy::Infinite => {}
             LoggerStrategy::Rotating {
@@ -389,8 +401,7 @@ impl Logger {
             }
         }
 
-        let now = chrono::Local::now();
-        writeln!(self.log_writer, "[{}] {}", now.to_rfc2822(), line)?;
+        writeln!(self.log_writer, "{}", line)?;
 
         Ok(())
     }