diff --git a/deployment/puppet/osnailyfacter/manifests/atop.pp b/deployment/puppet/osnailyfacter/manifests/atop.pp
index 27c6f81442..70776b700c 100644
--- a/deployment/puppet/osnailyfacter/manifests/atop.pp
+++ b/deployment/puppet/osnailyfacter/manifests/atop.pp
@@ -55,10 +55,11 @@ class osnailyfacter::atop (
   }
 
   # This file is used for atop binary log rotations by (ana)cron
-  file { '/etc/logrotate.d/atop':
+  file { '/etc/cron.daily/atop_retention':
     owner   => 'root',
     group   => 'root',
-    mode    => '0644',
-    content => template('osnailyfacter/atop_logrotate.conf.erb'),
+    mode    => '0755',
+    content => template('osnailyfacter/atop_retention.erb'),
   }
+
 }
diff --git a/deployment/puppet/osnailyfacter/templates/atop_logrotate.conf.erb b/deployment/puppet/osnailyfacter/templates/atop_logrotate.conf.erb
deleted file mode 100644
index 1e10f9a371..0000000000
--- a/deployment/puppet/osnailyfacter/templates/atop_logrotate.conf.erb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-# managed by puppet
-
-"<%= @logpath %>/atop*"
-{
-# This file is used for atop binary files rotation
-# Will keep binary files for last <%= @rotate %> days instead of 30 days provided by atop
-# Do not modify its settings if not sure
-  daily
-  rotate <%= @rotate %>
-  nocompress
-  nocreate
-  missingok
-  notifempty
-  dateext
-  sharedscripts
-  lastaction
-<% if @osfamily == 'RedHat' -%>
-    /bin/find <%= @logpath %> -type f -name 'atop_*' -mtime +<%= @rotate %> -delete
-<% elsif @osfamily == 'Debian' -%>
-    /usr/bin/find <%= @logpath %> -type f -name 'atop_*' -mtime +<%= @rotate %> -delete
-<% else -%>
-    /bin/sh -c "find <%= @logpath %> -type f -name 'atop_*' -mtime +<%= @rotate %> -delete"
-<% end -%>
-    /bin/ln -f -s <%= @logpath %>/atop_$(date +%Y%m%d) <%= @logpath %>/atop_current
-  endscript
-  postrotate
-<% if @osfamily == 'RedHat' -%>
-    /sbin/service atop restart 2>&1 >/dev/null
-<% elsif @osfamily == 'Debian' -%>
-    /usr/sbin/service atop restart 2>&1 >/dev/null
-<% else -%>
-    /bin/sh -c "service atop restart 2>&1 >/dev/null"
-<% end -%>
-  endscript
-}
diff --git a/deployment/puppet/osnailyfacter/templates/atop_retention.erb b/deployment/puppet/osnailyfacter/templates/atop_retention.erb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..194f09f8dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deployment/puppet/osnailyfacter/templates/atop_retention.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Managed by puppet
+# This file manages the atop binary files. It will keep binary files for last
+# <%= @rotate %> days instead of 30 days provided by atop.
+PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
+
+# remove files older than <%= @rotate %> days
+find <%= @logpath %> -type f -name 'atop_*' -mtime +<%= @rotate %> -delete
+
+# link current to todays file
+ln -f -s <%= @logpath %>/atop_$(date +%Y%m%d) <%= @logpath %>/atop_current