diff --git a/build/journald.conf b/build/journald.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5b4836c2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/journald.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#  This file is part of systemd.
+#
+#  systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+#  under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
+#  (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Entries in this file show the compile time defaults.
+# You can change settings by editing this file.
+# Defaults can be restored by simply deleting this file.
+#
+# See journald.conf(5) for details.
+
+[Journal]
+Storage=persistent
+Compress=yes
+#Seal=yes
+#SplitMode=uid
+#SyncIntervalSec=5m
+#RateLimitIntervalSec=30s
+#RateLimitBurst=10000
+SystemMaxUse=1G
+#SystemKeepFree=
+#SystemMaxFileSize=
+#SystemMaxFiles=100
+#RuntimeMaxUse=
+#RuntimeKeepFree=
+#RuntimeMaxFileSize=
+#RuntimeMaxFiles=100
+#MaxRetentionSec=
+#MaxFileSec=1month
+ForwardToSyslog=no
+#ForwardToKMsg=no
+#ForwardToConsole=no
+#ForwardToWall=yes
+#TTYPath=/dev/console
+#MaxLevelStore=debug
+#MaxLevelSyslog=debug
+#MaxLevelKMsg=notice
+#MaxLevelConsole=info
+#MaxLevelWall=emerg
+#LineMax=48K
+#ReadKMsg=yes
+#Audit=no
diff --git a/build/write-image.sh b/build/write-image.sh
index d0447ecbf..3a998b332 100755
--- a/build/write-image.sh
+++ b/build/write-image.sh
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ sudo mount ${OUTPUT_DEVICE}p3 /tmp/eos-mnt
 sudo mkdir  /tmp/eos-mnt/media/boot-rw
 sudo mkdir  /tmp/eos-mnt/embassy-os
 sudo cp build/fstab /tmp/eos-mnt/etc/fstab
+sudo cp build/journald.conf /tmp/eos-mnt/etc/systemd/journald.conf
 # Enter the backend directory, copy over the built EmbassyOS binaries and systemd services, edit the nginx config, then create the .ssh directory
 cd backend/