diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1cba018..1af75f9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# 0.5.12.1 - 23/06/2019
+- Added zip log drver file when exceeding the size limit
+
 # 0.5.12 - 13/11/2018
 - Fixed a bug that prevented the publication of the mqtt topic for each event
 - Fixed a bug on openweathermap driver which in some cases causes a malformation of the json status and prevented communication with piGardenWeb 
diff --git a/piGarden.sh b/piGarden.sh
index 7469a51..741063e 100755
--- a/piGarden.sh
+++ b/piGarden.sh
@@ -299,6 +299,14 @@ function log_write {
 		fi
 	fi
 
+	if [ -e "$LOG_OUTPUT_DRV_FILE" ]; then
+		local actualsize=$($WC -c <"$LOG_OUTPUT_DRV_FILE")
+		if [ $actualsize -ge $LOG_FILE_MAX_SIZE ]; then
+			$GZIP $LOG_OUTPUT_DRV_FILE
+			$MV $LOG_OUTPUT_DRV_FILE.gz $LOG_OUTPUT_DRV_FILE.`date +%Y%m%d%H%M`.gz	
+		fi
+	fi
+
 	echo -e "`date`\t\t$1" >> $LOG_FILE
 }