diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ce37df1..31992b7 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
-project(tidesdb_cpp VERSION 2.1.0 LANGUAGES CXX)
+project(tidesdb_cpp VERSION 2.1.1 LANGUAGES CXX)
 
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
diff --git a/include/tidesdb/tidesdb.hpp b/include/tidesdb/tidesdb.hpp
index 3b9b70b..19842bc 100644
--- a/include/tidesdb/tidesdb.hpp
+++ b/include/tidesdb/tidesdb.hpp
@@ -224,6 +224,8 @@ struct Config
     LogLevel logLevel = LogLevel::Info;
     std::size_t blockCacheSize = 64 * 1024 * 1024;
     std::size_t maxOpenSSTables = 256;
+    bool logToFile = false;
+    std::size_t logTruncationAt = 24 * 1024 * 1024;
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/tidesdb.cpp b/src/tidesdb.cpp
index cea7d7d..b25a39a 100644
--- a/src/tidesdb.cpp
+++ b/src/tidesdb.cpp
@@ -548,6 +548,8 @@ TidesDB::TidesDB(const Config& config)
     cConfig.log_level = static_cast<tidesdb_log_level_t>(config.logLevel);
     cConfig.block_cache_size = config.blockCacheSize;
     cConfig.max_open_sstables = config.maxOpenSSTables;
+    cConfig.log_to_file = config.logToFile ? 1 : 0;
+    cConfig.log_truncation_at = config.logTruncationAt;
 
     int result = tidesdb_open(&cConfig, &db_);
     checkResult(result, "failed to open database");
@@ -729,6 +731,8 @@ Config TidesDB::defaultConfig()
     config.logLevel = static_cast<LogLevel>(cConfig.log_level);
     config.blockCacheSize = cConfig.block_cache_size;
     config.maxOpenSSTables = cConfig.max_open_sstables;
+    config.logToFile = cConfig.log_to_file != 0;
+    config.logTruncationAt = cConfig.log_truncation_at;
 
     return config;
 }