diff --git a/scripts/cloudinit.yml b/scripts/cloudinit.yml
index 56ad8cb9c708998b76f74aa2c487f79a40c53c86..f0fdcc989f5626e5911340b503f15c0aed8f69e4 100644
--- a/scripts/cloudinit.yml
+++ b/scripts/cloudinit.yml
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ runcmd:
   - echo "Current user is $(whoami)"
   - sudo -u airflow git clone https://gitlab.jsc.fz-juelich.de/eflows4hpc-wp2/data-logistics-service.git ./data-logistics-service
   - cd ./data-logistics-service
+  - crontab -l | { cat ; echo '@daily root find /persistent_data/logs -mtime +13 -type f -delete'; } | crontab - # setup log clearing crontab
   - touch /finished_cloudinit
 
 final_message: "The system is finally up, after $UPTIME seconds"
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