diff --git a/bin/log.xml b/bin/log.xml
index 01e407ffbb8a..2bdfeda7e5df 100644
--- a/bin/log.xml
+++ b/bin/log.xml
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 
   <appender name="CONTINUOUS_FILE" class="org.apache.log4j.FileAppender">
     <param name="File" value="$LOG_DIR$/continuous.log"/>
+    <param name="append" value="false"/>
     <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
       <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d [%7r] %6p - %30.30c - %m \n"/>
     </layout>