diff --git a/core/base.go b/core/base.go
index 7455cd95..b3c2ff85 100644
--- a/core/base.go
+++ b/core/base.go
@@ -1258,14 +1258,12 @@ func (app *BaseApp) initLogger() error {
 
 			// @todo replace with cron so that it doesn't rely on the logs write
 			//
-			// delete old logs (~ once 1 day)
+			// delete old logs (~ twice a day)
 			// ---
-			logsMaxDays := app.Settings().Logs.MaxDays
 			now := time.Now()
 			lastLogsDeletedAt := cast.ToTime(app.Store().Get("lastLogsDeletedAt"))
-			daysDiff := now.Sub(lastLogsDeletedAt).Hours() / 24
-			if daysDiff >= 1 {
-				deleteErr := app.LogsDao().DeleteOldLogs(now.AddDate(0, 0, -1*logsMaxDays))
+			if now.Sub(lastLogsDeletedAt).Hours() >= 6 {
+				deleteErr := app.LogsDao().DeleteOldLogs(now.AddDate(0, 0, -1*app.Settings().Logs.MaxDays))
 				if deleteErr == nil {
 					app.Store().Set("lastLogsDeletedAt", now)
 				} else {
diff --git a/core/base_test.go b/core/base_test.go
index 6684876b..6b9c59f5 100644
--- a/core/base_test.go
+++ b/core/base_test.go
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ func TestBaseAppLoggerWrites(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 
 		// simulate recently deleted logs
-		app.Store().Set("lastLogsDeletedAt", time.Now())
+		app.Store().Set("lastLogsDeletedAt", time.Now().Add(-5*time.Hour))
 
 		// trigger batch write (B)
 		for i := 0; i < logsThreshold; i++ {
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ func TestBaseAppLoggerWrites(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 
 		// should trigger delete on the next batch write
-		app.Store().Set("lastLogsDeletedAt", time.Now().AddDate(0, 0, -1))
+		app.Store().Set("lastLogsDeletedAt", time.Now().Add(-6*time.Hour))
 
 		// trigger batch write (C)
 		for i := 0; i < logsThreshold; i++ {