diff --git a/server-console/src/log.js b/server-console/src/log.js
index 365d1d37d1..e45848e5a5 100644
--- a/server-console/src/log.js
+++ b/server-console/src/log.js
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ ready = function() {
             console.log("Unwatching", removedLogFilePath);
         });
         diff.add.forEach(function(addedLogFilePath) {
-            const START_AT_X_BYTES_FROM_END = 0;
+            const START_AT_X_BYTES_FROM_END = 10000;
             var cleanFilePath = cleanPath(addedLogFilePath);
 
             // For larger files we won't want to start tailing from the beginning of the file,