diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Config/log4net.config b/src/Orchard.Web/Config/log4net.config
index 7b1b9b36c..2e6d55f12 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Config/log4net.config
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Config/log4net.config
@@ -17,12 +17,16 @@
   </logger>
 
   <appender name="RollingLogFileAppender" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender">
-    <file value="App_Data/Logs/orchard-debug.txt" />
+    <file value="App_Data/Logs/orchard-debug-" />
     <appendToFile value="true" />
     <immediateFlush value="true" />
 
+    <staticLogFileName value="false" />
+    <rollingStyle value="Date" />
+    <datepattern value="dd.MM.yyyy-hh_mm_ss.fff'.log'" />
+
     <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
-      <conversionPattern value="%logger - %message%newline" />
+      <conversionPattern value="%date [%thread] %logger - %message%newline" />
     </layout>
   </appender>
 </log4net>