diff --git a/lib/private/Log/Rotate.php b/lib/private/Log/Rotate.php
index f2fdb83623d0d..efe1fccd50e58 100644
--- a/lib/private/Log/Rotate.php
+++ b/lib/private/Log/Rotate.php
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
  */
 namespace OC\Log;
 
+use OCP\AppFramework\Utility\ITimeFactory;
+use OCP\BackgroundJob\TimedJob;
 use OCP\IConfig;
 use OCP\Log\RotationTrait;
 use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface;
@@ -17,9 +19,15 @@
  * For more professional log management set the 'logfile' config to a different
  * location and manage that with your own tools.
  */
-class Rotate extends \OCP\BackgroundJob\Job {
+class Rotate extends TimedJob {
 	use RotationTrait;
 
+	public function __construct(ITimeFactory $time) {
+		parent::__construct($time);
+
+		$this->setInterval(3600);
+	}
+
 	public function run($argument): void {
 		$config = \OCP\Server::get(IConfig::class);
 		$this->filePath = $config->getSystemValueString('logfile', $config->getSystemValueString('datadirectory', \OC::$SERVERROOT . '/data') . '/nextcloud.log');