diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1990d95..c0662c4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 * (feature) Add `task-manager:run-worker` command as wrapper for Symfony messengers `consume` command.
 * (improvement) Default to `limit` of 5 messages in run worker command, if no other limit is given.
 * (improvement) Validate unique task ids to a specific format.
+* (feature) Also purge log entries with a max number entry.
 
 
 2.0.3
diff --git a/src/DependencyInjection/TaskManagerBundleConfiguration.php b/src/DependencyInjection/TaskManagerBundleConfiguration.php
index 360b0eb..602ca2f 100644
--- a/src/DependencyInjection/TaskManagerBundleConfiguration.php
+++ b/src/DependencyInjection/TaskManagerBundleConfiguration.php
@@ -24,9 +24,23 @@ public function getConfigTreeBuilder () : TreeBuilder
 					->scalarPrototype()->end()
 				->end()
 				->integerNode("log_ttl")
+					->setDeprecated("21torr/task-manager", "2.2.0", "Use the `log.ttl` configuration instead.")
 					->info("The max age of log entries, before they are automatically cleaned.")
 					->defaultValue(28)
 				->end()
+				->arrayNode("log")
+					->addDefaultsIfNotSet()
+					->children()
+						->integerNode("ttl")
+							->defaultValue(28)
+							->info("The max age of log entries, before they are automatically cleaned.")
+						->end()
+						->integerNode("max_entries")
+							->defaultValue(1000)
+							->info("The max number of log entries, before they are automatically cleaned.")
+						->end()
+					->end()
+				->end()
 			->end();
 
 		return $treeBuilder;
diff --git a/src/Log/LogCleaner.php b/src/Log/LogCleaner.php
index 074e732..854babf 100644
--- a/src/Log/LogCleaner.php
+++ b/src/Log/LogCleaner.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 {
 	public function __construct (
 		private int $logTtlInDays,
+		private int $logMaxEntries,
 		private TaskLogModel $model,
 	) {}
 
@@ -18,7 +19,9 @@ public function cleanLogEntries () : array
 	{
 		$deleted = [];
 
-		foreach ($this->model->fetchOutdatedTasks($this->logTtlInDays) as $logEntry)
+		$outdatedTasks = $this->model->fetchOutdatedTasks($this->logTtlInDays, $this->logMaxEntries);
+
+		foreach ($outdatedTasks as $logEntry)
 		{
 			$deleted[] = \sprintf(
 				"<fg=yellow>%s</> (%s)",
@@ -41,4 +44,12 @@ public function getMaxLogEntryAge () : int
 	{
 		return $this->logTtlInDays;
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the maximum number of log entries to keep
+	 */
+	public function getMaxLogEntryNumber () : int
+	{
+		return $this->logMaxEntries;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/Log/Task/CleanOutdatedLogsTaskHandler.php b/src/Log/Task/CleanOutdatedLogsTaskHandler.php
index 24e9d60..516ade6 100644
--- a/src/Log/Task/CleanOutdatedLogsTaskHandler.php
+++ b/src/Log/Task/CleanOutdatedLogsTaskHandler.php
@@ -25,8 +25,9 @@ public function onCleanOutdatedLogs (CleanOutdatedLogsTask $task) : void
 
 		$io->title("Task Manager: Cleaning Outdated Log Entries");
 		$io->comment(\sprintf(
-			"Cleaning log entries older than <fg=blue>%d days</>",
+			"Cleaning log entries older than <fg=blue>%d days</> and keeping at most <fg=blue>%d entries</>",
 			$this->logCleaner->getMaxLogEntryAge(),
+			$this->logCleaner->getMaxLogEntryNumber(),
 		));
 
 		$deletedEntries = $this->logCleaner->cleanLogEntries();
diff --git a/src/Model/TaskLogModel.php b/src/Model/TaskLogModel.php
index 7875c6c..e216bae 100644
--- a/src/Model/TaskLogModel.php
+++ b/src/Model/TaskLogModel.php
@@ -88,17 +88,30 @@ public function createRunForTask (TaskLog $log) : TaskRun
 	/**
 	 * @return list<TaskLog>
 	 */
-	public function fetchOutdatedTasks (int $maxAgeInDays) : array
+	public function fetchOutdatedTasks (
+		int $maxAgeInDays,
+		int $maxEntries,
+	) : array
 	{
-		$oldestTimeQueued = $this->clock->now()
+		// start with a fixed TTL
+		$purgeBefore = $this->clock->now()
 			->sub(new \DateInterval("P{$maxAgeInDays}D"));
 
+		// check whether the last entry at "max entries" would be newer than the
+		// TTL. If so, then adjust the purge date, to fulfill both
+		$cutOffEntry = $this->getCutoffEntry($maxEntries);
+
+		if (null !== $cutOffEntry && $cutOffEntry->getTimeQueued() > $purgeBefore)
+		{
+			$purgeBefore = $cutOffEntry->getTimeQueued();
+		}
+
 		/** @var TaskLog[] $entries */
 		$entries = $this->repository->createQueryBuilder("task")
 			->select("task, run")
 			->leftJoin("task.runs", "run")
 			->where("task.timeQueued <= :oldestTimestamp")
-			->setParameter("oldestTimestamp", $oldestTimeQueued)
+			->setParameter("oldestTimestamp", $purgeBefore)
 			->getQuery()
 			->getResult();
 
@@ -115,6 +128,22 @@ public function fetchOutdatedTasks (int $maxAgeInDays) : array
 		return $filtered;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 *
+	 */
+	private function getCutoffEntry (int $maxEntries) : ?TaskLog
+	{
+		/** @var TaskLog[] $result */
+		$result = $this->repository->createQueryBuilder("task")
+		->addOrderBy("task.timeQueued", "DESC")
+		->setFirstResult($maxEntries)
+		->setMaxResults(1)
+		->getQuery()
+		->getResult();
+
+		return $result[0] ?? null;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * @return $this
 	 */
diff --git a/src/TaskManagerBundle.php b/src/TaskManagerBundle.php
index f3784be..05508f5 100644
--- a/src/TaskManagerBundle.php
+++ b/src/TaskManagerBundle.php
@@ -26,8 +26,16 @@ static function (array $config, ContainerBuilder $container) : void
 				$container->getDefinition(BundleConfig::class)
 					->setArgument('$sortedQueues', $config["queues"]);
 
+				// if the new value was customized, use it. Otherwise keep using
+				// the old value. If none is set, they use the same default, so everything
+				// is fine.
+				$logTtl = 28 !== $config["log"]["ttl"]
+					? $config["log"]["ttl"]
+					: $config["log_ttl"];
+
 				$container->getDefinition(LogCleaner::class)
-					->setArgument('$logTtlInDays', $config["log_ttl"]);
+					->setArgument('$logTtlInDays', $logTtl)
+					->setArgument('$logMaxEntries', $config["log"]["max_entries"]);
 			},
 		);
 	}