diff --git a/api/api_request_logger.go b/api/api_request_logger.go
index efc5dfde9..ae7b1b577 100644
--- a/api/api_request_logger.go
+++ b/api/api_request_logger.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
-	"github.com/otherview/filerotatewriter"
+	"github.com/vechain/thor/v2/api/utils/rotatewriter"
 )
 
 // RequestLogger logs requests to an output
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ type RequestLogger struct {
 	enabled      bool
 	writerChan   chan entry
 	stopChan     chan bool
-	outputWriter filerotatewriter.FileRotateWriter
+	outputWriter rotatewriter.RotateWriter
 }
 
-func NewRequestLogger(enabled bool, fileRotate filerotatewriter.FileRotateWriter) *RequestLogger {
+func NewRequestLogger(enabled bool, fileRotate rotatewriter.RotateWriter) *RequestLogger {
 	return &RequestLogger{
 		enabled:      enabled,
 		outputWriter: fileRotate,
diff --git a/api/api_request_logger_test.go b/api/api_request_logger_test.go
index f58401cc8..26ab6712d 100644
--- a/api/api_request_logger_test.go
+++ b/api/api_request_logger_test.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
-// MockWriter implements filerotatewriter.FileRotateWriter interface
+// MockWriter implements rotatewriter.RotateWriter interface
 type MockWriter struct {
 	Messages []string
 	lock     sync.RWMutex
diff --git a/api/utils/rotatewriter/rotate_writer.go b/api/utils/rotatewriter/rotate_writer.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b9ab12783
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/utils/rotatewriter/rotate_writer.go
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+package rotatewriter
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"sort"
+	"time"
+)
+
+type RotateWriter interface {
+	Start() error
+	Write(p []byte) (int, error)
+}
+
+type Writer struct {
+	dirPath         string
+	fileBaseName    string
+	maxFileSize     int64
+	maxNumFiles     int
+	currentFile     *os.File
+	currentSize     int64
+	numFilesRotated int
+}
+
+func (w *Writer) Start() error {
+	// Open the current log file
+	err := w.openNextFile()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("unable to open next file")
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (w *Writer) Write(p []byte) (int, error) {
+	if w.currentFile == nil {
+		return 0, io.ErrClosedPipe
+	}
+
+	// Rotate the log file if it exceeds the maximum file size
+	if w.currentSize+int64(len(p)) > w.maxFileSize {
+		err := w.rotateLogFile()
+		if err != nil {
+			return 0, err
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Write the log message to the current log file
+	n, err := w.currentFile.Write(p)
+	w.currentSize += int64(n)
+	return n, err
+}
+
+func (w *Writer) openNextFile() error {
+	if w.currentFile != nil {
+		err := w.currentFile.Close()
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Println(err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	w.currentSize = 0
+	w.numFilesRotated = 0
+
+	// Construct the file name for the next log file
+	timestamp := time.Now().Format("2006-01-02T15-04-05")
+	filename := w.fileBaseName + "-" + timestamp + ".log"
+	filePath := filepath.Join(w.dirPath, filename)
+
+	_, err := os.Stat(filePath)
+	if err == nil { // File exists, append ms
+		timestamp = time.Now().Format("2006-01-02T15-04-05.000")
+		filename = w.fileBaseName + "-" + timestamp + ".log"
+		filePath = filepath.Join(w.dirPath, filename)
+	}
+
+	// Open the next log file
+	file, err := os.Create(filePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	w.currentFile = file
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (w *Writer) rotateLogFile() error {
+	err := w.openNextFile()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	w.numFilesRotated++
+
+	// Delete old log files if the maximum number of files has been exceeded
+	if w.maxNumFiles > 0 && w.numFilesRotated >= w.maxNumFiles {
+		err = w.deleteOldLogFiles()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (w *Writer) deleteOldLogFiles() error {
+	// List all log files in the directory
+	files, err := filepath.Glob(filepath.Join(w.dirPath, w.fileBaseName+"-*.log"))
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// Sort the log files by name (oldest first)
+	sort.Strings(files)
+
+	// Delete the oldest log files
+	for i := 0; i < len(files)-w.maxNumFiles+1; i++ {
+		err := os.Remove(files[i])
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/api/utils/rotatewriter/rotate_writer_builder.go b/api/utils/rotatewriter/rotate_writer_builder.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c9c22acb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/utils/rotatewriter/rotate_writer_builder.go
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+package rotatewriter
+
+import "fmt"
+
+type BuilderOptionsFunc func(*Writer) error
+
+func New(opts ...BuilderOptionsFunc) (RotateWriter, error) {
+	r := &Writer{
+		dirPath:         "",
+		fileBaseName:    "",
+		maxFileSize:     0,
+		maxNumFiles:     0,
+		currentFile:     nil,
+		currentSize:     0,
+		numFilesRotated: 0,
+	}
+	for _, opt := range opts {
+		if err := opt(r); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+	if r.dirPath == "" || r.fileBaseName == "" || r.maxFileSize == 0 || r.maxNumFiles == 0 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("missing base setting(s)")
+	}
+
+	return r, nil
+}
+
+func WithMaxNumberFiles(i int) BuilderOptionsFunc {
+	return func(w *Writer) error {
+		w.maxNumFiles = i
+		return nil
+	}
+}
+
+func WithFileMaxSize(i int64) BuilderOptionsFunc {
+	return func(w *Writer) error {
+		w.maxFileSize = i
+		return nil
+	}
+}
+
+func WithFileBaseName(s string) BuilderOptionsFunc {
+	return func(w *Writer) error {
+		w.fileBaseName = s
+		return nil
+	}
+}
+
+func WithDir(s string) BuilderOptionsFunc {
+	return func(w *Writer) error {
+		w.dirPath = s
+		return nil // TODO check if dir is writable
+	}
+}
diff --git a/api/utils/rotatewriter/rotate_writer_test.go b/api/utils/rotatewriter/rotate_writer_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7ec4bd43b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/utils/rotatewriter/rotate_writer_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+package rotatewriter
+
+import (
+	"math/rand"
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestNewRotatingLogWriter(t *testing.T) {
+	temp, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "*")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Create a rotating log writer with a maximum size of 1 MB
+	writer, err := New(
+		WithDir(temp),
+		WithFileBaseName("derp"),
+		WithFileMaxSize(1024*1024),
+		WithMaxNumberFiles(5),
+	)
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+
+	require.NoError(t, writer.Start())
+
+	createdFile := writer.(*Writer).currentFile.Name()
+
+	// Use the rotating log writer with the standard log package
+	data := make([]byte, 1024*1024)
+	rand.Read(data) //nolint: gosec,staticcheck
+	_, err = writer.Write(data)
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+
+	// Use the rotating log writer with the standard log package
+	rand.Read(data) //nolint: gosec,staticcheck
+	_, err = writer.Write(data)
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+
+	assert.NotEqual(t, createdFile, writer.(*Writer).currentFile.Name())
+
+	// make sure the milliseconds dont colide
+	createdFile = writer.(*Writer).currentFile.Name()
+	// Use the rotating log writer with the standard log package
+	rand.Read(data) //nolint: gosec,staticcheck
+	_, err = writer.Write(data)
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+
+	assert.NotEqual(t, createdFile, writer.(*Writer).currentFile.Name())
+}
+
+func TestStdoutWriter(t *testing.T) {
+	writer := StdoutWriter()
+	data := make([]byte, 1024*1024)
+	rand.Read(data) //nolint: gosec,staticcheck
+	i, err := writer.Write(data)
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, len(data), i)
+}
diff --git a/api/utils/rotatewriter/stdout_rotate_writer.go b/api/utils/rotatewriter/stdout_rotate_writer.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5c36392f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/utils/rotatewriter/stdout_rotate_writer.go
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package rotatewriter
+
+import "fmt"
+
+type StdoutWriterImpl struct {
+}
+
+func (s StdoutWriterImpl) Start() error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (s StdoutWriterImpl) Write(p []byte) (int, error) {
+	fmt.Println(string(p))
+	return len(p), nil
+}
+
+func StdoutWriter() RotateWriter { // TODO add in io streams
+	return &StdoutWriterImpl{}
+}
diff --git a/cmd/thor/main.go b/cmd/thor/main.go
index 8c483feda..21dd2d5a4 100644
--- a/cmd/thor/main.go
+++ b/cmd/thor/main.go
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto"
 	"github.com/inconshreveable/log15"
 	"github.com/mattn/go-isatty"
-	"github.com/otherview/filerotatewriter"
 	"github.com/pborman/uuid"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/vechain/thor/v2/api"
+	"github.com/vechain/thor/v2/api/utils/rotatewriter"
 	"github.com/vechain/thor/v2/bft"
 	"github.com/vechain/thor/v2/cmd/thor/node"
 	"github.com/vechain/thor/v2/cmd/thor/optimizer"
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ func soloAction(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	var mainDB *muxdb.MuxDB
 	var logDB *logdb.LogDB
 	var instanceDir string
-	var fileRotateWriter filerotatewriter.FileRotateWriter
+	var fileRotateWriter rotatewriter.RotateWriter
 	var err error
 
 	if ctx.Bool(persistFlag.Name) {
diff --git a/cmd/thor/utils.go b/cmd/thor/utils.go
index 901486f2c..641b14265 100644
--- a/cmd/thor/utils.go
+++ b/cmd/thor/utils.go
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rlp"
 	"github.com/inconshreveable/log15"
 	"github.com/mattn/go-tty"
-	"github.com/otherview/filerotatewriter"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/vechain/thor/v2/api/doc"
+	"github.com/vechain/thor/v2/api/utils/rotatewriter"
 	"github.com/vechain/thor/v2/chain"
 	"github.com/vechain/thor/v2/cmd/thor/node"
 	"github.com/vechain/thor/v2/co"
@@ -348,24 +348,24 @@ func suggestFDCache() int {
 	return n
 }
 
-func openFileRotate(ctx *cli.Context, instanceDir string) (filerotatewriter.FileRotateWriter, error) {
+func openFileRotate(ctx *cli.Context, instanceDir string) (rotatewriter.RotateWriter, error) {
 	// Max of 10 files with 10Mb each
 	// files will be rotated after that maximum
 	if ctx.Bool(apiLogsEnabledFlag.Name) {
-		return filerotatewriter.New(
-			filerotatewriter.WithDir(instanceDir),
-			filerotatewriter.WithFileBaseName("request-logs"),
-			filerotatewriter.WithFileMaxSize(ctx.Int64(apiLogsMaxFileSizeFlag.Name)),
-			filerotatewriter.WithMaxNumberFiles(ctx.Int(apiLogsMaxFileCountFlag.Name)),
+		return rotatewriter.New(
+			rotatewriter.WithDir(instanceDir),
+			rotatewriter.WithFileBaseName("request-logs"),
+			rotatewriter.WithFileMaxSize(ctx.Int64(apiLogsMaxFileSizeFlag.Name)),
+			rotatewriter.WithMaxNumberFiles(ctx.Int(apiLogsMaxFileCountFlag.Name)),
 		)
 	}
 
 	return nil, nil
 }
 
-func openMemFileRotate(ctx *cli.Context) filerotatewriter.FileRotateWriter {
+func openMemFileRotate(ctx *cli.Context) rotatewriter.RotateWriter {
 	if ctx.Bool(apiLogsEnabledFlag.Name) {
-		return filerotatewriter.StdoutWriter()
+		return rotatewriter.StdoutWriter()
 	}
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 98b379d53..eccd92249 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -18,12 +18,11 @@ require (
 	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.3
 	github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.14.9
 	github.com/mattn/go-tty v0.0.0-20180219170247-931426f7535a
-	github.com/otherview/filerotatewriter v0.0.0-20240509103702-a305c09fd53a
 	github.com/pborman/uuid v0.0.0-20170612153648-e790cca94e6c
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.8.0
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0
 	github.com/qianbin/directcache v0.9.7
-	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.2
 	github.com/syndtr/goleveldb v1.0.1-0.20220614013038-64ee5596c38a
 	github.com/vechain/go-ecvrf v0.0.0-20220525125849-96fa0442e765
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.21.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 16e8f0ea9..774cf1f35 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -117,8 +117,6 @@ github.com/onsi/gomega v1.10.1/go.mod h1:iN09h71vgCQne3DLsj+A5owkum+a2tYe+TOCB1y
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.17.0/go.mod h1:HnhC7FXeEQY45zxNK3PPoIUhzk/80Xly9PcubAlGdZY=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.19.0 h1:4ieX6qQjPP/BfC3mpsAtIGGlxTWPeA3Inl/7DtXw1tw=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.19.0/go.mod h1:LY+I3pBVzYsTBU1AnDwOSxaYi9WoWiqgwooUqq9yPro=
-github.com/otherview/filerotatewriter v0.0.0-20240509103702-a305c09fd53a h1:c8RixuoF5WMDhEHqXRT3kxoomiHmhSxxoxJDL0rzxkg=
-github.com/otherview/filerotatewriter v0.0.0-20240509103702-a305c09fd53a/go.mod h1:9JtXzZqdljunuU1JIxWUdzVB8w+ZX0Y3ncShN0/xFrE=
 github.com/pborman/uuid v0.0.0-20170612153648-e790cca94e6c h1:MUyE44mTvnI5A0xrxIxaMqoWFzPfQvtE2IWUollMDMs=
 github.com/pborman/uuid v0.0.0-20170612153648-e790cca94e6c/go.mod h1:VyrYX9gd7irzKovcSS6BIIEwPRkP2Wm2m9ufcdFSJ34=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.8.0 h1:WdK/asTD0HN+q6hsWO3/vpuAkAr+tw6aNJNDFFf0+qw=
@@ -134,9 +132,8 @@ github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.6.1/go.mod h1:xXDCJY+GAPziupqXw64V24skbSoqbTE
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0/go.mod h1:j7eGeouHqKxXV5pUuKE4zz7dFj8WfuZ+81PSLYec5m4=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.5.1/go.mod h1:5W2xD1RspED5o8YsWQXVCued0rvSQ+mT+I5cxcmMvtA=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.2 h1:4jaiDzPyXQvSd7D0EjG45355tLlV3VOECpq10pLC+8s=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.2/go.mod h1:R6va5+xMeoiuVRoj+gSkQ7d3FALtqAAGI1FQKckRals=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0 h1:HtqpIVDClZ4nwg75+f6Lvsy/wHu+3BoSGCbBAcpTsTg=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
 github.com/vechain/go-ecvrf v0.0.0-20220525125849-96fa0442e765 h1:jvr+TSivjObZmOKVdqlgeLtRhaDG27gE39PMuE2IJ24=
 github.com/vechain/go-ecvrf v0.0.0-20220525125849-96fa0442e765/go.mod h1:cwnTMgAVzMb30xMKnGI1LdU1NjMiPllYb7i3ibj/fzE=
 github.com/vechain/go-ethereum v1.8.15-0.20240308194045-2f457f0512c5 h1:LNy+K6nqSdUBg/Eot8uXLRc0D63zKFhUCAEjvZmLzQA=