diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 1c067382..e85e78d9 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 Announcements:
  - Upgrades windshaft to 0.32.1
 
+Bugfixes:
+ - Closes fd for log files on `kill -HUP` (#230)
+
 
 1.21.0 -- 2014-10-24
 --------------------
diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index d60bdfd3..61d3dfad 100755
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -116,8 +116,11 @@ process.on('SIGUSR2', function() {
 });
 
 process.on('SIGHUP', function() {
-  log4js.configure(log4js_config);
-  console.log('Log files reloaded');
+    global.log4js.clearAndShutdownAppenders(function() {
+        global.log4js.configure(log4js_config);
+        global.logger = log4js.getLogger();
+        console.log('Log files reloaded');
+    });
 });
 
 process.on('uncaughtException', function(err) {
diff --git a/npm-shrinkwrap.json b/npm-shrinkwrap.json
index bc6c348b..76bc76f1 100644
--- a/npm-shrinkwrap.json
+++ b/npm-shrinkwrap.json
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
     },
     "log4js": {
       "version": "0.6.21",
-      "from": "log4js@~0.6.17",
+      "from": "https://github.com/CartoDB/log4js-node/tarball/cdb",
       "resolved": "https://github.com/CartoDB/log4js-node/tarball/cdb",
       "dependencies": {
         "async": {
@@ -1658,7 +1658,7 @@
             },
             "sphericalmercator": {
               "version": "1.0.2",
-              "from": "sphericalmercator@~1.0.2"
+              "from": "sphericalmercator@~1.0.1"
             }
           }
         },
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7846124e..7636aee2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
         "cartodb-psql": "https://github.com/CartoDB/node-cartodb-psql/tarball/0.4.0",
         "redis-mpool": "https://github.com/CartoDB/node-redis-mpool/tarball/0.3.0",
         "lzma": "~1.3.7",
-        "log4js": "~0.6.17",
+        "log4js": "https://github.com/CartoDB/log4js-node/tarball/cdb",
         "rollbar": "~0.3.13"
     },
     "devDependencies": {