diff --git a/apps/server/src/services/config.ts b/apps/server/src/services/config.ts
index d88236b52..84e859a68 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/services/config.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/services/config.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import fs from "fs";
 import dataDir from "./data_dir.js";
 import path from "path";
 import resourceDir from "./resource_dir.js";
-import { envToBoolean } from "./utils.js";
+import { envToBoolean, stringToInt } from "./utils.js";
 
 const configSampleFilePath = path.resolve(resourceDir.RESOURCE_DIR, "config-sample.ini");
 
@@ -50,8 +50,16 @@ export interface TriliumConfig {
         oauthIssuerName: string;
         oauthIssuerIcon: string;
     };
+    Logging: {
+        /**
+         * The number of days to keep the log files around. When rotating the logs, log files created by Trilium older than the specified amount of time will be deleted.
+         */
+        retentionDays: number;
+    }
 }
 
+export const LOGGING_DEFAULT_RETENTION_DAYS = 90;
+
 //prettier-ignore
 const config: TriliumConfig = {
 
@@ -136,6 +144,13 @@ const config: TriliumConfig = {
 
         oauthIssuerIcon:
             process.env.TRILIUM_OAUTH_ISSUER_ICON || iniConfig?.MultiFactorAuthentication?.oauthIssuerIcon || ""
+    },
+
+    Logging: {
+        retentionDays:
+            stringToInt(process.env.TRILIUM_LOGGING_RETENTION_DAYS) ??
+            stringToInt(iniConfig?.Logging?.retentionDays) ??
+            LOGGING_DEFAULT_RETENTION_DAYS
     }
 };
 
diff --git a/apps/server/src/services/log.ts b/apps/server/src/services/log.ts
index b7206bc8f..bcea56500 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/services/log.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/services/log.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import path from "path";
 import { EOL } from "os";
 import dataDir from "./data_dir.js";
 import cls from "./cls.js";
+import config, { LOGGING_DEFAULT_RETENTION_DAYS } from "./config.js";
 
 if (!fs.existsSync(dataDir.LOG_DIR)) {
     fs.mkdirSync(dataDir.LOG_DIR, 0o700);
@@ -18,7 +19,6 @@ const MINUTE = 60 * SECOND;
 const HOUR = 60 * MINUTE;
 const DAY = 24 * HOUR;
 
-const DEFAULT_RETENTION_DAYS = 90;
 const MINIMUM_FILES_TO_KEEP = 7;
 
 let todaysMidnight!: Date;
@@ -34,17 +34,10 @@ function getTodaysMidnight() {
 async function cleanupOldLogFiles() {
     try {
         // Get retention days from environment or options
-        const envRetention = process.env.TRILIUM_LOG_RETENTION_DAYS;
-        let retentionDays = DEFAULT_RETENTION_DAYS;
-
-        if (envRetention) {
-            const parsed = parseInt(envRetention, 10);
-            if (!isNaN(parsed) && parsed > 0 && parsed <= 3650) {
-                retentionDays = parsed;
-            }
-        } else {
-            const optionService = (await import("./options.js")).default;
-            retentionDays = optionService.getOptionInt("logRetentionDays", DEFAULT_RETENTION_DAYS);
+        let retentionDays = LOGGING_DEFAULT_RETENTION_DAYS;
+        const customRetentionDays = config.Logging.retentionDays;
+        if (customRetentionDays > 0) {
+            retentionDays = customRetentionDays;
         }
 
         const cutoffDate = new Date();
diff --git a/apps/server/src/services/utils.ts b/apps/server/src/services/utils.ts
index 5d5559d25..8f9893dff 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/services/utils.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/services/utils.ts
@@ -281,6 +281,25 @@ export function envToBoolean(val: string | undefined) {
     return undefined;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Parses a string value to an integer. If the resulting number is NaN or undefined, the result is also undefined.
+ *
+ * @param val the value to parse.
+ * @returns the parsed value.
+ */
+export function stringToInt(val: string | undefined) {
+    if (!val) {
+        return undefined;
+    }
+
+    const parsed = parseInt(val, 10);
+    if (Number.isNaN(parsed)) {
+        return undefined;
+    }
+
+    return parsed;
+}
+
 /**
  * Returns the directory for resources. On Electron builds this corresponds to the `resources` subdirectory inside the distributable package.
  * On development builds, this simply refers to the src directory of the application.
@@ -378,7 +397,7 @@ export function safeExtractMessageAndStackFromError(err: unknown): [errMessage:
 /**
  * Normalizes URL by removing trailing slashes and fixing double slashes.
  * Preserves the protocol (http://, https://) but removes trailing slashes from the rest.
- * 
+ *
  * @param url The URL to normalize
  * @returns The normalized URL without trailing slashes
  */
@@ -389,26 +408,26 @@ export function normalizeUrl(url: string | null | undefined): string | null | un
 
     // Trim whitespace
     url = url.trim();
-    
+
     if (!url) {
         return url;
     }
 
     // Fix double slashes (except in protocol) first
     url = url.replace(/([^:]\/)\/+/g, '$1');
-    
+
     // Remove trailing slash, but preserve protocol
     if (url.endsWith('/') && !url.match(/^https?:\/\/$/)) {
         url = url.slice(0, -1);
     }
-    
+
     return url;
 }
 
 /**
  * Normalizes a path pattern for custom request handlers.
  * Ensures both trailing slash and non-trailing slash versions are handled.
- * 
+ *
  * @param pattern The original pattern from customRequestHandler attribute
  * @returns An array of patterns to match both with and without trailing slash
  */
@@ -418,7 +437,7 @@ export function normalizeCustomHandlerPattern(pattern: string | null | undefined
     }
 
     pattern = pattern.trim();
-    
+
     if (!pattern) {
         return [pattern];
     }
@@ -431,7 +450,7 @@ export function normalizeCustomHandlerPattern(pattern: string | null | undefined
     // If pattern ends with $, handle it specially
     if (pattern.endsWith('$')) {
         const basePattern = pattern.slice(0, -1);
-        
+
         // If already ends with slash, create both versions
         if (basePattern.endsWith('/')) {
             const withoutSlash = basePattern.slice(0, -1) + '$';