diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index bdc61c4ae1..f0a1387ce1 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -38812,11 +38812,11 @@
       "optional": true
     },
     "node_modules/rotating-file-stream": {
-      "version": "2.1.6",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/rotating-file-stream/-/rotating-file-stream-2.1.6.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-qS0ndAlDu80MMXeRonqGMXslF0FErzcUSbcXhus3asRG4cvCS79hc5f7s0x4bPAsH6wAwyHVIeARg69VUe3JmQ==",
+      "version": "3.2.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/rotating-file-stream/-/rotating-file-stream-3.2.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-n2B18CJb+n2VA5Tdle+1NP2toEcRv68CjAOBjHmwcyswNwMVsrN3gVRZ9ymH3sapaiGY8jc9OhhV5b6I5rAeiA==",
       "engines": {
-        "node": ">=10.0"
+        "node": ">=14.0"
       },
       "funding": {
         "url": "https://www.blockchain.com/btc/address/12p1p5q7sK75tPyuesZmssiMYr4TKzpSCN"
@@ -46433,7 +46433,7 @@
         "music-metadata": "^7.12.3",
         "node-fetch": "^2.6.0",
         "reflect-metadata": "^0.1.13",
-        "rotating-file-stream": "^2.0.2",
+        "rotating-file-stream": "^3.2.1",
         "sqlite3": "^5.1.2",
         "stream-filter": "^2.1.0",
         "stream-reduce": "^1.0.3",
@@ -50305,7 +50305,7 @@
         "node-fetch": "^2.6.0",
         "node-loader": "^0.6.0",
         "reflect-metadata": "^0.1.13",
-        "rotating-file-stream": "^2.0.2",
+        "rotating-file-stream": "^3.2.1",
         "shx": "^0.3.3",
         "sqlite3": "^5.1.2",
         "stream-filter": "^2.1.0",
@@ -76173,9 +76173,9 @@
       }
     },
     "rotating-file-stream": {
-      "version": "2.1.6",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/rotating-file-stream/-/rotating-file-stream-2.1.6.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-qS0ndAlDu80MMXeRonqGMXslF0FErzcUSbcXhus3asRG4cvCS79hc5f7s0x4bPAsH6wAwyHVIeARg69VUe3JmQ=="
+      "version": "3.2.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/rotating-file-stream/-/rotating-file-stream-3.2.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-n2B18CJb+n2VA5Tdle+1NP2toEcRv68CjAOBjHmwcyswNwMVsrN3gVRZ9ymH3sapaiGY8jc9OhhV5b6I5rAeiA=="
     },
     "run-async": {
       "version": "2.4.1",
diff --git a/packages/main/package.json b/packages/main/package.json
index 815aa4970a..653eca359f 100644
--- a/packages/main/package.json
+++ b/packages/main/package.json
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     "music-metadata": "^7.12.3",
     "node-fetch": "^2.6.0",
     "reflect-metadata": "^0.1.13",
-    "rotating-file-stream": "^2.0.2",
+    "rotating-file-stream": "^3.2.1",
     "sqlite3": "^5.1.2",
     "stream-filter": "^2.1.0",
     "stream-reduce": "^1.0.3",
@@ -96,4 +96,4 @@
     "mpris-service": "2.1.0",
     "x11": "^2.3.0"
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/packages/main/src/services/logger/index.ts b/packages/main/src/services/logger/index.ts
index 8f7504feff..e1c84b9675 100644
--- a/packages/main/src/services/logger/index.ts
+++ b/packages/main/src/services/logger/index.ts
@@ -2,17 +2,10 @@
 import { app } from 'electron';
 import timber from 'electron-timber';
 import path from 'path';
-import * as rts from 'rotating-file-stream';
+import {RotatingFileStream, createStream} from 'rotating-file-stream';
 
 timber.hookConsole();
 
-const errorLogStream = rts.createStream(
-  path.join(app.getPath('userData'), 'logs', 'nuclear-error.log'),
-  {
-    size: '5M',
-    compress: 'gzip'
-  }
-);
 
 /**
  * @see {@link https://github.com/sindresorhus/electron-timber}
@@ -34,10 +27,19 @@ export interface ILogger {
 class Logger implements ILogger {
   private logger: typeof timber;
   private name: string;
+  private errorLogStream: RotatingFileStream;
 
   constructor(name?: string) {
     this.name = name || 'main';
     this.logger = name ? timber.create({ name }) : timber;
+    this.errorLogStream = createStream(
+      path.join(app.getPath('userData'), 'logs', 'nuclear-error.log'),
+      {
+        size: '1M',
+        compress: 'gzip',
+        rotate: 5 // arbitrary value to specify the number of rotations
+      }
+    );
   }
 
   private getDate() {
@@ -54,15 +56,19 @@ class Logger implements ILogger {
   writeToFile(name: string, ...args: any[]) {
     args.forEach((log) => {
       if (log.stack) {
-        errorLogStream.write(`${this.getDate()}${name} > ${log.stack}`);
+        this.errorLogStream.write(`${this.getDate()}${name} > ${log.stack}`);
       } else if (log.message) {
-        errorLogStream.write(`${this.getDate()}${name} > ${log.message}\n`);
+        this.errorLogStream.write(`${this.getDate()}${name} > ${log.message}\n`);
       } else if (log.toString) {
-        errorLogStream.write(`${this.getDate()}${name} > ${log.toString()}\n`);
+        this.errorLogStream.write(`${this.getDate()}${name} > ${log.toString()}\n`);
       }
     });
   }
 
+  getErrorLogStream() {
+    return this.errorLogStream;
+  }
+
   log(...args: any[]): void {
     this.logger.log(...args);
   }
diff --git a/packages/main/src/services/logger/logger.test.ts b/packages/main/src/services/logger/logger.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5cf2b930d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/main/src/services/logger/logger.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+import Logger from '.';
+
+jest.mock('electron-timber', () => ({
+  error: jest.fn(),
+  hookConsole: jest.fn()
+}));
+
+jest.mock('electron', () => ({
+  app: {
+    getPath: jest.fn().mockImplementation(() => '/user/data')
+  }
+}));
+
+
+jest.mock('fs/promises', () => {
+  const writeFileMock = jest.fn();
+  const closeFileMock = jest.fn();
+  return ({
+    open: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({
+      write: jest.fn(),
+      close: jest.fn()
+    }),
+    stat: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({
+      isFile: jest.fn().mockReturnValue(true),
+      size: 0
+    }),
+    writeFile: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({}),
+    mkdir: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({}),
+    closeFileMock,
+    writeFileMock
+  });
+});
+
+jest.mock('fs', () => ({
+  constants: jest.requireActual('fs').constants,
+  access: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({}),
+  createReadStream: jest.fn(() => ({
+    once: jest.fn(),
+    pipe: jest.fn(() => ({
+      ...jest.requireActual('stream').Writable.prototype,
+      write: jest.fn(),
+      end: jest.fn(),
+      emit: jest.fn()
+    }))
+  })),
+  createWriteStream: jest.fn(() => ({
+    once: jest.fn(),
+    emit: jest.fn()
+  }))
+}));
+
+describe('logger', () => {
+  let logger: Logger;
+
+  it('creates a file for logs', async () => {
+    logger = new Logger();
+    const errorLogStream = logger.getErrorLogStream();
+    await new Promise((resolve) => {
+      errorLogStream.on('open', () => {
+        resolve(0);
+      }
+      );
+    });
+
+    const fsPromises = await import('fs/promises');
+    logger.error(new Error('test error'));
+
+    expect(fsPromises.stat).toHaveBeenCalledWith('/user/data/logs/nuclear-error.log');
+    expect(fsPromises.open).toHaveBeenCalledWith('/user/data/logs/nuclear-error.log', 'a', undefined);
+  });
+});