diff --git a/plugins/supervisor/index.py b/plugins/supervisor/index.py
index 210bb7ca2..85e88d8b7 100755
--- a/plugins/supervisor/index.py
+++ b/plugins/supervisor/index.py
@@ -330,8 +330,8 @@ def addJob():
     w_body += "startretries=3" + "\n"
     w_body += "stdout_logfile=" + log_dir + program + ".out.log" + "\n"
     w_body += "stderr_logfile=" + log_dir + program + ".err.log" + "\n"
-    w_body += "stdout_logfile_maxbytes=2MB" + "\n"
-    w_body += "stderr_logfile_maxbytes=2MB" + "\n"
+    w_body += "stdout_logfile_maxbytes=1MB" + "\n"
+    w_body += "stderr_logfile_maxbytes=1MB" + "\n"
     w_body += "user=" + user + "\n"
     w_body += "priority=999" + "\n"
     w_body += "numprocs={0}".format(numprocs) + "\n"