diff --git a/commons/src/main/java/org/archive/bdb/BdbModule.java b/commons/src/main/java/org/archive/bdb/BdbModule.java
index d5ee2eb9..08b4be2b 100644
--- a/commons/src/main/java/org/archive/bdb/BdbModule.java
+++ b/commons/src/main/java/org/archive/bdb/BdbModule.java
@@ -172,6 +172,14 @@ public class BdbModule implements Lifecycle, Checkpointable, Closeable, Disposab
     public void setUseSharedCache(boolean useSharedCache) {
         this.useSharedCache = useSharedCache;
     }
+
+    protected long maxLogFileSize = 10000000;
+    public long getMaxLogFileSize() {
+        return maxLogFileSize;
+    }
+    public void setMaxLogFileSize(long cacheSize) {
+        this.maxLogFileSize = maxLogFileSize;
+    }
     
     /**
      * Expected number of concurrent threads; used to tune nLockTables
@@ -277,7 +285,10 @@ public class BdbModule implements Lifecycle, Checkpointable, Closeable, Disposab
         config.setConfigParam("je.lock.nLockTables", Long.toString(nLockTables));
         
         // triple this value to 6K because stats show many faults
-        config.setConfigParam("je.log.faultReadSize", "6144"); 
+        config.setConfigParam("je.log.faultReadSize", "6144");
+
+        // set max bdb log file size. default 10M
+        config.setConfigParam("je.log.fileMax", Long.toString(getMaxLogFileSize()));
 
         if(!getUseHardLinkCheckpoints()) {
             // to support checkpoints by textual manifest only,