diff --git a/advanced/Scripts/piholeLogFlush.sh b/advanced/Scripts/piholeLogFlush.sh
index 832c98c9..c9f5ed74 100755
--- a/advanced/Scripts/piholeLogFlush.sh
+++ b/advanced/Scripts/piholeLogFlush.sh
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@
 #the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
 #(at your option) any later version.
 
-truncate -s 0 /var/log/pihole.log
+echo " " > /var/log/pihole.log