diff --git a/bbot/core/config/logger.py b/bbot/core/config/logger.py
index 56bde9a9df..2b6e7383d2 100644
--- a/bbot/core/config/logger.py
+++ b/bbot/core/config/logger.py
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ def __init__(self, core):
         self._loggers = None
         self._log_handlers = None
         self._log_level = None
-        self.root_logger = logging.getLogger()
         self.core_logger = logging.getLogger("bbot")
         self.core = core
 
@@ -83,14 +82,6 @@ def cleanup_logging(self):
         with suppress(Exception):
             self.queue_handler.close()
 
-        # Clean root logger
-        root_logger = logging.getLogger()
-        for handler in list(root_logger.handlers):
-            with suppress(Exception):
-                root_logger.removeHandler(handler)
-            with suppress(Exception):
-                handler.close()
-
         # Clean all other loggers
         for logger in logging.Logger.manager.loggerDict.values():
             if hasattr(logger, "handlers"):  # Logger, not PlaceHolder
@@ -111,8 +102,7 @@ def setup_queue_handler(self, logging_queue=None, log_level=logging.DEBUG):
             self.queue = logging_queue
         self.queue_handler = logging.handlers.QueueHandler(logging_queue)
 
-        self.root_logger.addHandler(self.queue_handler)
-
+        self.core_logger.addHandler(self.queue_handler)
         self.core_logger.setLevel(log_level)
         # disable asyncio logging for child processes
         if not SHARED_INTERPRETER_STATE.is_main_process:
@@ -216,10 +206,12 @@ def log_handlers(self):
                 error_and_exit(f"Failure creating or error writing to BBOT logs directory ({log_dir})")
 
             # Main log file (compressed)
-            main_handler = GzipRotatingFileHandler(f"{log_dir}/bbot.log", when="d", interval=1, backupCount=14)
+            main_handler = GzipRotatingFileHandler(f"{log_dir}/bbot.log", maxBytes=1024 * 1024 * 100, backupCount=100)
 
             # Separate log file for debugging (compressed)
-            debug_handler = GzipRotatingFileHandler(f"{log_dir}/bbot.debug.log", when="d", interval=1, backupCount=14)
+            debug_handler = GzipRotatingFileHandler(
+                f"{log_dir}/bbot.debug.log", maxBytes=1024 * 1024 * 100, backupCount=100
+            )
 
             # Log to stderr
             stderr_handler = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stderr)
diff --git a/bbot/logger.py b/bbot/logger.py
index 9334741460..5073d7379d 100644
--- a/bbot/logger.py
+++ b/bbot/logger.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import os
 import sys
 import logging.handlers
 
@@ -53,9 +54,44 @@ def log_to_stderr(msg, level="INFO", logname=True):
         print(msg, file=sys.stderr)
 
 
-# Create a compressed file handler for logs
-class GzipRotatingFileHandler(logging.handlers.TimedRotatingFileHandler):
-    def _open(self):
+class GzipRotatingFileHandler(logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler):
+    """
+    A rotating file handler that compresses rotated files with gzip.
+    Checks file size only periodically to improve performance.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        self._msg_count = 0
+        self._check_interval = 1000  # Check size every 1000 messages
+
+    def rotation_filename(self, default_name):
+        """
+        Modify the rotated filename to include .gz extension
+        """
+        return default_name + ".gz"
+
+    def rotate(self, source, dest):
+        """
+        Compress the source file and move it to the destination.
+        """
         import gzip
 
-        return gzip.open(f"{self.baseFilename}.gz", mode="at", encoding=self.encoding)
+        with open(source, "rb") as f_in:
+            with gzip.open(dest, "wb") as f_out:
+                f_out.writelines(f_in)
+        os.remove(source)
+
+    def emit(self, record):
+        """
+        Emit a record, checking for rollover only periodically using modulo.
+        """
+        self._msg_count += 1
+
+        # Only check for rollover periodically to save compute
+        if self._msg_count % self._check_interval == 0:
+            if self.shouldRollover(record):
+                self.doRollover()
+
+        # Continue with normal emit process
+        super().emit(record)
diff --git a/bbot/scanner/scanner.py b/bbot/scanner/scanner.py
index ce2592c173..7cf923b5ec 100644
--- a/bbot/scanner/scanner.py
+++ b/bbot/scanner/scanner.py
@@ -1229,9 +1229,13 @@ def log_level(self):
     def _log_handlers(self):
         if self.__log_handlers is None:
             self.helpers.mkdir(self.home)
-            main_handler = GzipRotatingFileHandler(str(self.home / "scan.log"), when="d", interval=1, backupCount=14)
+            main_handler = GzipRotatingFileHandler(
+                str(self.home / "scan.log"), maxBytes=1024 * 1024 * 100, backupCount=100
+            )
             main_handler.addFilter(lambda x: x.levelno != logging.TRACE and x.levelno >= logging.VERBOSE)
-            debug_handler = GzipRotatingFileHandler(str(self.home / "debug.log"), when="d", interval=1, backupCount=14)
+            debug_handler = GzipRotatingFileHandler(
+                str(self.home / "debug.log"), maxBytes=1024 * 1024 * 100, backupCount=100
+            )
             debug_handler.addFilter(lambda x: x.levelno >= logging.DEBUG)
             self.__log_handlers = [main_handler, debug_handler]
         return self.__log_handlers
diff --git a/bbot/test/bbot_fixtures.py b/bbot/test/bbot_fixtures.py
index 6b9abd1f58..6b773e8596 100644
--- a/bbot/test/bbot_fixtures.py
+++ b/bbot/test/bbot_fixtures.py
@@ -50,25 +50,6 @@ def tempapkfile():
     return apk_file
 
 
-def read_gzipped_file(file_path):
-    """
-    Read and decompress a gzipped file, tolerating missing end markers.
-
-    Args:
-        file_path: Path to the gzipped file
-
-    Returns:
-        The decompressed content as a string
-    """
-    with open(file_path, "rb") as f:
-        data = f.read()
-        decompressor = zlib.decompressobj(
-            16 + zlib.MAX_WBITS
-        )  # This is needed because the file doesn't have an end marker
-        content = decompressor.decompress(data).decode("utf-8", errors="ignore")
-        return content
-
-
 @pytest.fixture
 def clean_default_config(monkeypatch):
     clean_config = OmegaConf.merge(
diff --git a/bbot/test/test_step_1/test_cli.py b/bbot/test/test_step_1/test_cli.py
index e74267a9c1..0e5007d93f 100644
--- a/bbot/test/test_step_1/test_cli.py
+++ b/bbot/test/test_step_1/test_cli.py
@@ -130,9 +130,9 @@ async def test_cli_scan(monkeypatch):
     assert ip_success and dns_success, "IP_ADDRESS and/or DNS_NAME are not present in output.txt"
 
     # Check for gzipped scan log file
-    scan_log_gz = scan_home / "scan.log.gz"
-    assert scan_log_gz.is_file(), "scan.log.gz not found"
-    assert "[INFO]" in read_gzipped_file(scan_log_gz)
+    scan_log = scan_home / "scan.log"
+    assert scan_log.is_file(), "scan.log not found"
+    assert "[INFO]" in open(scan_log).read()
 
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
@@ -202,9 +202,9 @@ async def test_cli_args(monkeypatch, caplog, capsys, clean_default_config):
     assert "[SCAN]" in open(scan_dir / "output.txt").read()
 
     # Check for gzipped scan log file
-    scan_log_gz = scan_dir / "scan.log.gz"
-    assert scan_log_gz.is_file(), "scan.log.gz not found"
-    assert "[INFO]" in read_gzipped_file(scan_log_gz)
+    scan_log = scan_dir / "scan.log"
+    assert scan_log.is_file(), "scan.log not found"
+    assert "[INFO]" in open(scan_log).read()
     shutil.rmtree(output_dir)
 
     # list module options
diff --git a/bbot/test/test_step_1/test_python_api.py b/bbot/test/test_step_1/test_python_api.py
index 48751b29d3..eaa9636b1c 100644
--- a/bbot/test/test_step_1/test_python_api.py
+++ b/bbot/test/test_step_1/test_python_api.py
@@ -17,28 +17,28 @@ async def test_python_api():
     scan_home = scan2.helpers.scans_dir / "python_api_test"
     out_file = scan_home / "output.json"
     assert list(scan2.helpers.read_file(out_file))
-    scan_log = scan_home / "scan.log.gz"
-    debug_log = scan_home / "debug.log.gz"
+    scan_log = scan_home / "scan.log"
+    debug_log = scan_home / "debug.log"
     assert scan_log.is_file()
-    assert "python_api_test" in read_gzipped_file(scan_log)
+    assert "python_api_test" in open(scan_log).read()
     assert debug_log.is_file()
-    assert "python_api_test" in read_gzipped_file(debug_log)
+    assert "python_api_test" in open(debug_log).read()
 
     scan3 = Scanner("127.0.0.1", output_modules=["json"], scan_name="scan_logging_test")
     await scan3.async_start_without_generator()
 
-    assert "scan_logging_test" not in read_gzipped_file(scan_log)
-    assert "scan_logging_test" not in read_gzipped_file(debug_log)
+    assert "scan_logging_test" not in open(scan_log).read()
+    assert "scan_logging_test" not in open(debug_log).read()
 
     scan_home = scan3.helpers.scans_dir / "scan_logging_test"
     out_file = scan_home / "output.json"
     assert list(scan3.helpers.read_file(out_file))
-    scan_log = scan_home / "scan.log.gz"
-    debug_log = scan_home / "debug.log.gz"
+    scan_log = scan_home / "scan.log"
+    debug_log = scan_home / "debug.log"
     assert scan_log.is_file()
     assert debug_log.is_file()
-    assert "scan_logging_test" in read_gzipped_file(scan_log)
-    assert "scan_logging_test" in read_gzipped_file(debug_log)
+    assert "scan_logging_test" in open(scan_log).read()
+    assert "scan_logging_test" in open(debug_log).read()
 
     # make sure config loads properly
     bbot_home = "/tmp/.bbot_python_api_test"
diff --git a/bbot/test/test_step_2/module_tests/test_module_excavate.py b/bbot/test/test_step_2/module_tests/test_module_excavate.py
index 29da52a88b..20fd4fe366 100644
--- a/bbot/test/test_step_2/module_tests/test_module_excavate.py
+++ b/bbot/test/test_step_2/module_tests/test_module_excavate.py
@@ -1034,7 +1034,7 @@ async def setup_after_prep(self, module_test):
         module_test.set_expect_requests({"uri": "/"}, {"response_data": self.bad_url_data})
 
     def check(self, module_test, events):
-        debug_log_content = read_gzipped_file(module_test.scan.home / "debug.log.gz")
+        debug_log_content = open(module_test.scan.home / "debug.log").read()
         # make sure our logging is working
         assert "Setting scan status to STARTING" in debug_log_content
         # make sure we don't have any URL validation errors
diff --git a/bbot/test/test_step_2/module_tests/test_module_nuclei.py b/bbot/test/test_step_2/module_tests/test_module_nuclei.py
index 0d1537b6f2..24638b4b86 100644
--- a/bbot/test/test_step_2/module_tests/test_module_nuclei.py
+++ b/bbot/test/test_step_2/module_tests/test_module_nuclei.py
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ async def setup_before_prep(self, module_test):
 
     def check(self, module_test, events):
         assert any(e.type == "TECHNOLOGY" and "apache" in e.data["technology"].lower() for e in events)
-        assert "Using Interactsh Server" not in read_gzipped_file(module_test.scan.home / "debug.log.gz")
+        assert "Using Interactsh Server" not in open(module_test.scan.home / "debug.log").read()
 
 
 class TestNucleiBudget(TestNucleiManual):
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ async def setup_before_prep(self, module_test):
         module_test.set_expect_requests(expect_args=expect_args, respond_args=respond_args)
 
     def check(self, module_test, events):
-        assert "-retries 0" in read_gzipped_file(module_test.scan.home / "debug.log.gz")
+        assert "-retries 0" in open(module_test.scan.home / "debug.log").read()
 
 
 class TestNucleiRetriesCustom(TestNucleiRetries):
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ class TestNucleiRetriesCustom(TestNucleiRetries):
     }
 
     def check(self, module_test, events):
-        assert "-retries 1" in read_gzipped_file(module_test.scan.home / "debug.log.gz")
+        assert "-retries 1" in open(module_test.scan.home / "debug.log").read()
 
 
 class TestNucleiCustomHeaders(TestNucleiManual):