diff --git a/api/settings/settings_test.go b/api/settings/settings_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f7efdac5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/settings/settings_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package settings
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"testing"
+
+	appsettings "github.com/0xJacky/Nginx-UI/settings"
+	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestSaveSettingsRejectsNegativeLogrotateInterval(t *testing.T) {
+	gin.SetMode(gin.TestMode)
+
+	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	c, _ := gin.CreateTestContext(w)
+	c.Request = httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, "/api/settings",
+		bytes.NewBufferString(`{
+			"auth":{"ban_threshold_minutes":1,"max_attempts":1},
+			"cert":{"renewal_interval":7},
+			"logrotate":{"enabled":true,"interval":-1}
+		}`))
+	c.Request.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+
+	SaveSettings(c)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, http.StatusBadRequest, w.Code)
+	assert.Contains(t, w.Body.String(), appsettings.InvalidLogrotateIntervalMessage)
+}
diff --git a/internal/cron/logrotate.go b/internal/cron/logrotate.go
index 6e9158f0..8f698fce 100644
--- a/internal/cron/logrotate.go
+++ b/internal/cron/logrotate.go
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 package cron
 
 import (
-	"time"
-
 	"github.com/0xJacky/Nginx-UI/internal/logrotate"
 	"github.com/0xJacky/Nginx-UI/settings"
 	"github.com/go-co-op/gocron/v2"
@@ -17,13 +15,20 @@ func setupLogrotateJob(scheduler gocron.Scheduler) {
 	if !settings.LogrotateSettings.Enabled {
 		return
 	}
+	if !settings.LogrotateSettings.HasValidInterval() {
+		logger.Warnf("Skip logrotate job: %s, got %d",
+			settings.InvalidLogrotateIntervalMessage, settings.LogrotateSettings.Interval)
+		logrotateJobInstance = nil
+		return
+	}
 	var err error
 	logrotateJobInstance, err = scheduler.NewJob(
-		gocron.DurationJob(time.Duration(settings.LogrotateSettings.Interval)*time.Minute),
+		gocron.DurationJob(settings.LogrotateSettings.GetInterval()),
 		gocron.NewTask(logrotate.Exec),
 		gocron.WithSingletonMode(gocron.LimitModeWait))
 	if err != nil {
-		logger.Fatalf("LogRotate Job: Err: %v\n", err)
+		logger.Errorf("LogRotate Job: Err: %v", err)
+		logrotateJobInstance = nil
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/cron/logrotate_test.go b/internal/cron/logrotate_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4e0c8c4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/cron/logrotate_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+package cron
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/0xJacky/Nginx-UI/settings"
+	"github.com/go-co-op/gocron/v2"
+)
+
+func TestSetupLogrotateJobSkipsInvalidInterval(t *testing.T) {
+	scheduler, err := gocron.NewScheduler()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("create scheduler: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	original := *settings.LogrotateSettings
+	t.Cleanup(func() {
+		*settings.LogrotateSettings = original
+		logrotateJobInstance = nil
+		scheduler.Shutdown()
+	})
+
+	settings.LogrotateSettings.Enabled = true
+	settings.LogrotateSettings.Interval = -1
+
+	setupLogrotateJob(scheduler)
+
+	if logrotateJobInstance != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("expected invalid interval to skip job creation")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSetupLogrotateJobCreatesJobForValidInterval(t *testing.T) {
+	scheduler, err := gocron.NewScheduler()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("create scheduler: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	original := *settings.LogrotateSettings
+	t.Cleanup(func() {
+		*settings.LogrotateSettings = original
+		logrotateJobInstance = nil
+		scheduler.Shutdown()
+	})
+
+	settings.LogrotateSettings.Enabled = true
+	settings.LogrotateSettings.Interval = 1
+
+	setupLogrotateJob(scheduler)
+
+	if logrotateJobInstance == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("expected valid interval to create a job")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/settings/logrotate.go b/settings/logrotate.go
index 4f3d5a1a..8e65ad54 100644
--- a/settings/logrotate.go
+++ b/settings/logrotate.go
@@ -1,13 +1,33 @@
 package settings
 
+import "time"
+
+const (
+	defaultLogrotateIntervalMinutes = 1440
+)
+
+const InvalidLogrotateIntervalMessage = "logrotate interval must be greater than 0"
+
 type Logrotate struct {
 	Enabled  bool   `json:"enabled"`
 	CMD      string `json:"cmd" protected:"true"`
-	Interval int    `json:"interval"`
+	Interval int    `json:"interval" binding:"omitempty,min=1"`
 }
 
 var LogrotateSettings = &Logrotate{
 	Enabled:  false,
 	CMD:      "logrotate /etc/logrotate.d/nginx",
-	Interval: 1440, // 24 hours
+	Interval: defaultLogrotateIntervalMinutes, // 24 hours
+}
+
+func (l Logrotate) HasValidInterval() bool {
+	return l.Interval > 0
+}
+
+func (l Logrotate) GetInterval() time.Duration {
+	if !l.HasValidInterval() {
+		return defaultLogrotateIntervalMinutes * time.Minute
+	}
+
+	return time.Duration(l.Interval) * time.Minute
 }