diff --git a/lib/base.php b/lib/base.php
index 8b271010b1..23eda212f0 100644
--- a/lib/base.php
+++ b/lib/base.php
@@ -883,7 +883,7 @@ class OC {
 		if ($systemConfig->getValue('installed', false) && $systemConfig->getValue('log_rotate_size', false) && !self::checkUpgrade(false)) {
 			//don't try to do this before we are properly setup
 			//use custom logfile path if defined, otherwise use default of nextcloud.log in data directory
-			\OCP\BackgroundJob::registerJob('OC\Log\Rotate', $systemConfig->getValue('logfile', $systemConfig->getValue('datadirectory', OC::$SERVERROOT . '/data') . '/nextcloud.log'));
+			\OC::$server->getJobList()->add('OC\Log\Rotate');
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/lib/private/Log/Rotate.php b/lib/private/Log/Rotate.php
index 6c87c16737..866068433f 100644
--- a/lib/private/Log/Rotate.php
+++ b/lib/private/Log/Rotate.php
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ namespace OC\Log;
  */
 class Rotate extends \OC\BackgroundJob\Job {
 	private $max_log_size;
-	public function run($logFile) {
+	public function run($dummy) {
+		$systemConfig = \OC::$server->getSystemConfig();
+		$logFile = $systemConfig->getValue('logfile', $systemConfig->getValue('datadirectory', \OC::$SERVERROOT . '/data') . '/nextcloud.log');
 		$this->max_log_size = \OC::$server->getConfig()->getSystemValue('log_rotate_size', false);
 		if ($this->max_log_size) {
 			$filesize = @filesize($logFile);