diff --git a/conf/logrotate/quay-logrotate b/conf/logrotate/quay-logrotate
index 3e5728111..313cdea13 100644
--- a/conf/logrotate/quay-logrotate
+++ b/conf/logrotate/quay-logrotate
@@ -26,4 +26,8 @@
   missingok
   notifempty
   create 644 root root
+
+  postrotate
+    kill -USR1 `cat /mnt/logs/gunicorn.pid`
+  endscript
 }
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diff --git a/gunicorn_config.py b/gunicorn_config.py
index 59141b06d..88055c1fa 100644
--- a/gunicorn_config.py
+++ b/gunicorn_config.py
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ workers = 8
 worker_class = 'gevent'
 timeout = 2000
 daemon = True
+pidfile = '/mnt/logs/gunicorn.pid'
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