diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/pyhmy/logging.py b/pyhmy/logging.py
index 2d77e92..5511b4a 100644
--- a/pyhmy/logging.py
+++ b/pyhmy/logging.py
@@ -1,7 +1,20 @@
-import os
 import threading
 import datetime
+import gzip
+import os
 import logging
+import logging.handlers
+
+
+class _GZipRotator:
+    def __call__(self, source, dest):
+        os.rename(source, dest)
+        f_in = open(dest, 'rb')
+        f_out = gzip.open("%s.gz" % dest, 'wb')
+        f_out.writelines(f_in)
+        f_out.close()
+        f_in.close()
+        os.remove(dest)
 
 
 class ControlledLogger:
@@ -9,7 +22,7 @@ class ControlledLogger:
     A simple logger that only writes to file when the 'write' method is called.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, logger_name, log_dir):
+    def __init__(self, logger_name, log_dir, backup_count=5):
         """
         :param logger_name: The name of the logger and logfile
         :param log_dir: The directory in which to save this log file (can be abs or relative).
@@ -18,8 +31,10 @@ class ControlledLogger:
             log_dir = log_dir[:-1]
         log_dir = os.path.realpath(log_dir)
         os.makedirs(log_dir, exist_ok=True)
-        handler = logging.FileHandler(f"{log_dir}/{logger_name}.log")
+        handler = logging.handlers.TimedRotatingFileHandler(f"{log_dir}/{logger_name}.log", 'midnight', 1,
+                                                            backupCount=backup_count)
         handler.setFormatter(logging.Formatter('%(levelname)s - %(message)s'))
+        handler.rotator = _GZipRotator()
 
         self.filename = handler.baseFilename
         self.logger = logging.getLogger(logger_name)