diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 534f0b8d..93a3a831 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@
 /public/templates/cache/**
 
 # Logs
-/cronjobs/logs/*.txt
-/cronjobs/logs/*.txt.*.gz
+/cronjobs/**
+/cronjobs/logs/**.txt
+/cronjobs/logs/**.txt.*.gz
 /logs/*
 
 # Test configs
diff --git a/cronjobs/shared.inc.php b/cronjobs/shared.inc.php
index b34026df..a15dcc42 100644
--- a/cronjobs/shared.inc.php
+++ b/cronjobs/shared.inc.php
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ foreach ($argv as $option) {
 }
 
 // Load 3rd party logging library for running crons
-$log = new KLogger ( 'logs/' . $cron_name . '.txt' , KLogger::INFO );
+$log = KLogger::instance( 'logs/' . $cron_name, KLogger::INFO );
 $log->LogDebug('Starting ' . $cron_name);
 
 // Load the start time for later runtime calculations for monitoring