diff --git a/src/FileSystem-Git.package/.squot-contents b/src/FileSystem-Git.package/.squot-contents
index 1158738d0..8999e8416 100644
--- a/src/FileSystem-Git.package/.squot-contents
+++ b/src/FileSystem-Git.package/.squot-contents
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 SquotTrackedObjectMetadata {
 	#objectClassName : #PackageInfo,
 	#id : UUID [ '9d2378120e641f4fad4dd02310c91f53' ],
-	#slotOverrides : { },
 	#objectsReplacedByNames : true,
+	#slotOverrides : { },
 	#serializer : #SquotCypressCodeSerializer
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/FileSystem-Git.package/GitStore.class/class/trimLog.st b/src/FileSystem-Git.package/GitStore.class/class/trimLog.st
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fbbc3a96b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/FileSystem-Git.package/GitStore.class/class/trimLog.st
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+internal
+trimLog
+	"Fix too large log list due to a bug in the tally optimization from November 28, 2021.
+	Original code was added by Christoph Thiede (ct) in the package postscript."
+	"GitStore trimLog"
+	| maxLogSize count |
+	LogMessages ifNil: [^ self].
+	maxLogSize := 5000.
+	(LogMutex ifNil: [LogMutex := Mutex new]) critical:
+		[count := LogMessages size.
+		LogMessages := (LogMessages asArray last: (count := count clampHigh: maxLogSize)) as: LinkedList. "forth and back conversion to avoid inefficient LinkedList(...)>>#last: (quadratic in older versions of Squeak)"
+		LogMessageCount := count].
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/FileSystem-Git.package/GitStore.class/methodProperties.json b/src/FileSystem-Git.package/GitStore.class/methodProperties.json
index 32277e92e..933f5eca5 100644
--- a/src/FileSystem-Git.package/GitStore.class/methodProperties.json
+++ b/src/FileSystem-Git.package/GitStore.class/methodProperties.json
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 		"cleanUp:" : "ct 1/10/2024 18:18",
 		"logMessage:" : "ct 1/10/2024 18:17",
 		"memory" : "CamilloBruni 8/30/2012 14:04",
-		"openLog" : "jr 6/29/2017 10:42" },
+		"openLog" : "jr 6/29/2017 10:42",
+		"trimLog" : "jr 3/19/2024 14:13" },
 	"instance" : {
 		"addParent:" : "jr 2/26/2017 00:10",
 		"basenameFromEntry:" : "jr 3/6/2017 23:35",
diff --git a/src/FileSystem-Git.package/monticello.meta/postscript.st b/src/FileSystem-Git.package/monticello.meta/postscript.st
index 5612c6545..5232b78cc 100644
--- a/src/FileSystem-Git.package/monticello.meta/postscript.st
+++ b/src/FileSystem-Git.package/monticello.meta/postscript.st
@@ -35,9 +35,5 @@ FileSystemGitCompatibility hadInadequateFromUnixTimeImplementation ifFalse:
 FileSystemGitCompatibility ensureValidFromUnixTimeImplementation.
 
 "2024-01-10: fix git log rotation and truncate older logs, see https://github.com/hpi-swa/Squot/pull/410"
-(GitStore classPool at: #LogMessages) ifNotNil: [:logMessages |
-	| count |
-	count := logMessages size.
-	GitStore classPool
-		at: #LogMessages put: ((logMessages asArray last: (count := 5000 clampHigh: count)) as: LinkedList) "forth and back conversion to avoid inefficient LinkedList(...)>>#last: (quadratic in older versions of Squeak)";
-		at: #LogMessageCount put: count].'!
+GitStore trimLog.
+'!