diff --git a/pica-db-backup-rotation/start_rotation.py b/pica-db-backup-rotation/start_rotation.py
index 70a966c35678b146d57b96174ad9116b1256db1f..25dcaec2bb55ef24620b07ddc20a65e52d84253b 100755
--- a/pica-db-backup-rotation/start_rotation.py
+++ b/pica-db-backup-rotation/start_rotation.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ try:
         for service in services_list:
             if os.path.isdir(os.path.join(BACKUP_FOLDER, services_list[service]["Folder"])):
                 backup_rota = services_list[service]["Backup-Rota"]
-                rotation_cmd = "/usr/local/bin/rotate-backups -H " +str(backup_rota["Hour"]) + " -d " + \
+                rotation_cmd = "/usr/local/bin/rotate-backups --syslog=true -H " +str(backup_rota["Hour"]) + " -d " + \
                     str(backup_rota["Day"]) + " -w " + str(backup_rota["Week"]) + " -m " + str(backup_rota["Month"]) + " " + \
                         BACKUP_FOLDER + "/" + services_list[service]["Folder"]
                 job = cron.new(command=rotation_cmd, user = 'root')