diff --git a/advanced/Scripts/piholeLogFlush.sh b/advanced/Scripts/piholeLogFlush.sh
index db97f8cb..8b16e3d5 100755
--- a/advanced/Scripts/piholeLogFlush.sh
+++ b/advanced/Scripts/piholeLogFlush.sh
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@
 # (at your option) any later version.
 
 echo -n "::: Flushing /var/log/pihole.log ..."
-truncate -s 0 /var/log/pihole.log
+echo " " > /var/log/pihole.log
 echo "... done!"