diff --git a/example-conf.yml b/example-conf.yml
index 5ac6eeb..a0ede9c 100644
--- a/example-conf.yml
+++ b/example-conf.yml
@@ -652,8 +652,8 @@ logging:
         # in the format pylink-commands.log, pylink-commands.log.1, pylink-commands.log.2, etc.
         # If either max_bytes or backup_count is 0, log rotation will be disabled.
 
-        # Max amount of bytes per file, before rotation is done. Defaults to 50 MiB (52428800 bytes).
-        #max_bytes: 52428800
+        # Max amount of bytes per file before rotation is done. Defaults to 20 MiB (20971520 bytes).
+        #max_bytes: 20971520
 
         # Amount of backups to make. Defaults to 5.
         #backup_count: 5
diff --git a/log.py b/log.py
index 11b5e43..1255751 100644
--- a/log.py
+++ b/log.py
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ def _make_file_logger(filename, level=None):
 
     logrotconf = conf.conf.get('logging', {}).get('filerotation', {})
 
-    # Max amount of bytes per file, before rotation is done. Defaults to 50 MiB.
-    maxbytes = logrotconf.get('max_bytes', 52428800)
+    # Max amount of bytes per file, before rotation is done. Defaults to 20 MiB.
+    maxbytes = logrotconf.get('max_bytes', 20971520)
 
     # Amount of backups to make (e.g. pylink-debug.log, pylink-debug.log.1, pylink-debug.log.2, ...)
     # Defaults to 5.