diff --git a/scripts/base/frameworks/cluster/nodes/logger.zeek b/scripts/base/frameworks/cluster/nodes/logger.zeek
index 772d512658..1021cee100 100644
--- a/scripts/base/frameworks/cluster/nodes/logger.zeek
+++ b/scripts/base/frameworks/cluster/nodes/logger.zeek
@@ -22,11 +22,10 @@ redef Log::default_rotation_interval = 1 hrs;
 ## Alarm summary mail interval.
 redef Log::default_mail_alarms_interval = 24 hrs;
 
-@if ( Supervisor::is_supervised() )
-
-redef Log::default_rotation_dir = "log-queue";
-
-function supervisor_rotation_format_func(ri: Log::RotationFmtInfo): Log::RotationPath
+## This function will rotate logs in a format compatible with zeek-archiver.
+## If you're using the Supervisor framework, this function will be used,
+## if not, you can set :zeek:see:`Log::rotation_format_func` to this function.
+function archiver_rotation_format_func(ri: Log::RotationFmtInfo): Log::RotationPath
 	{
 	local open_str = strftime(Log::default_rotation_date_format, ri$open);
 	local close_str = strftime(Log::default_rotation_date_format, ri$close);
@@ -35,7 +34,11 @@ function supervisor_rotation_format_func(ri: Log::RotationFmtInfo): Log::Rotatio
 	return rval;
 	}
 
-redef Log::rotation_format_func = supervisor_rotation_format_func;
+@if ( Supervisor::is_supervised() )
+
+redef Log::default_rotation_dir = "log-queue";
+
+redef Log::rotation_format_func = archiver_rotation_format_func;
 
 redef LogAscii::enable_leftover_log_rotation = T;