diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/templates/logrotate/lighttpd.j2 b/roles/copr/backend/templates/logrotate/lighttpd.j2
index 9e5dc6477f..2ffe5272b4 100644
--- a/roles/copr/backend/templates/logrotate/lighttpd.j2
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/templates/logrotate/lighttpd.j2
@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@
     daily
     missingok
     notifempty
+    compress
     prerotate
 {% if devel %}
-        /usr/bin/copr_log_hitcounter.py /var/log/lighttpd/access.log --ignore-subnet 172.25.144.0/20 &>/var/log/copr-backend/hitcounter-logrotate.log
+        /usr/bin/copr_log_hitcounter.py /var/log/lighttpd/access.log --ignore-subnet 172.25.144.0/20 &>>/var/log/copr-backend/hitcounter-logrotate.log || :
 {% else %}
-        /usr/bin/copr_log_hitcounter.py /var/log/lighttpd/access.log --ignore-subnet 172.25.80.0/20 &>/var/log/copr-backend/hitcounter-logrotate.log
+        /usr/bin/copr_log_hitcounter.py /var/log/lighttpd/access.log --ignore-subnet 172.25.80.0/20 &>>/var/log/copr-backend/hitcounter-logrotate.log || :
 {% endif %}
     endscript
     postrotate
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@
     rotate 5
     missingok
     notifempty
+    compress
     postrotate
         /usr/bin/killall -HUP lighttpd &>/dev/null || :
     endscript