diff --git a/hosts/idols-kana/default.nix b/hosts/idols-kana/default.nix
index ab84fdf6..606b2000 100644
--- a/hosts/idols-kana/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/idols-kana/default.nix
@@ -71,6 +71,13 @@ in
     linkConfig.RequiredForOnline = "routable";
   };
 
+  # systemd-journal - reduce disk usage
+  # https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/journald.conf.html
+  services.journald.settings.Journal = {
+    SystemMaxUse = "2G";
+    RuntimeMaxUse = "256M";
+  };
+
   # This value determines the NixOS release from which the default
   # settings for stateful data, like file locations and database versions
   # on your system were taken. It‘s perfectly fine and recommended to leave
diff --git a/hosts/idols-ruby/default.nix b/hosts/idols-ruby/default.nix
index dc8093ff..89bc1a49 100644
--- a/hosts/idols-ruby/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/idols-ruby/default.nix
@@ -80,6 +80,13 @@ in
     linkConfig.RequiredForOnline = "routable";
   };
 
+  # systemd-journal - reduce disk usage
+  # https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/journald.conf.html
+  services.journald.settings.Journal = {
+    SystemMaxUse = "2G";
+    RuntimeMaxUse = "256M";
+  };
+
   # This value determines the NixOS release from which the default
   # settings for stateful data, like file locations and database versions
   # on your system were taken. It‘s perfectly fine and recommended to leave
diff --git a/lib/genKubeVirtGuestModule.nix b/lib/genKubeVirtGuestModule.nix
index 98b7e15e..872ec638 100644
--- a/lib/genKubeVirtGuestModule.nix
+++ b/lib/genKubeVirtGuestModule.nix
@@ -54,6 +54,13 @@ in
     linkConfig.RequiredForOnline = "routable";
   };
 
+  # systemd-journal - reduce disk usage
+  # https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/journald.conf.html
+  services.journald.settings.Journal = {
+    SystemMaxUse = "2G";
+    RuntimeMaxUse = "256M";
+  };
+
   # This value determines the NixOS release from which the default
   # settings for stateful data, like file locations and database versions
   # on your system were taken. It‘s perfectly fine and recommended to leave