diff --git a/clean_bistreams.sh b/clean_bistreams.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4e21ad9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clean_bistreams.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Compress bistream files older than 1 hour
+find /opt/dionaea/var/dionaea/bistreams/* -type f -mmin +5 -exec gzip {} \;
+
+# Clear bistream logs from dionaea every day
+find /opt/dionaea/var/dionaea/bistreams/* -type f -mtime +60 -exec rm {} \;
+find /opt/dionaea/var/dionaea/bistreams/* -type d -empty -delete
diff --git a/cron.run b/cron.run
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d74151
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cron.run
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+exec 2>&1
+exec cron -f -l
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dionaea.yml b/dionaea.yml
index ce509d7..9f63706 100644
--- a/dionaea.yml
+++ b/dionaea.yml
@@ -78,6 +78,29 @@
           group: nogroup
           recurse: yes
 
+      - name: Dionaea | set clean_bistreams.sh file permissions
+        file:
+          path: "/opt/clean_bistreams.sh"
+          mode: 0755
+
+      - name: Dionaea | set clean_bistreams.sh cron
+        cron:
+          name: "clean bistreams"
+          job: "/opt/clean_bistreams.sh"
+          minute: "*/5"
+
+      - name: Dionaea | create cron runit directories
+        file:
+          state: directory
+          path: "/etc/service/cron"
+          mode: 0755
+
+      - name: Dionaea | create dionaea runit run file
+        template:
+          src: cron.run
+          dest: "/etc/service/cron/run"
+          mode: 0755
+
       - name: Dionaea | copy dionaea sysconfig file
         copy:
           dest: "{{ sysconfig_dir }}/dionaea"
diff --git a/vars/default.yml b/vars/default.yml
index b5d5e70..fd78086 100644
--- a/vars/default.yml
+++ b/vars/default.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     - check
     - libtool
     - curl
+    - cron
 
   dionaea_repo: http://github.com/dinotools/dionaea