diff --git a/embark-ui/src/actions/index.js b/embark-ui/src/actions/index.js
index 99c4f7a45..c35986098 100644
--- a/embark-ui/src/actions/index.js
+++ b/embark-ui/src/actions/index.js
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ export const commands = {
 
 export const PROCESS_LOGS = createRequestTypes('PROCESS_LOGS');
 export const processLogs = {
-  request: (processName) => action(PROCESS_LOGS[REQUEST], {processName}),
+  request: (processName, limit) => action(PROCESS_LOGS[REQUEST], {processName, limit}),
   success: (processLogs) => action(PROCESS_LOGS[SUCCESS], {processLogs}),
   failure: (error) => action(PROCESS_LOGS[FAILURE], {error})
 };
diff --git a/embark-ui/src/constants.js b/embark-ui/src/constants.js
index 82b245e3a..3e934af9b 100644
--- a/embark-ui/src/constants.js
+++ b/embark-ui/src/constants.js
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-export const EMBARK_PROCESS_NAME = 'embark';
\ No newline at end of file
+export const EMBARK_PROCESS_NAME = 'embark';
+export const LOG_LIMIT = 50;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/embark-ui/src/containers/HomeContainer.js b/embark-ui/src/containers/HomeContainer.js
index cb554ba7f..3c450780c 100644
--- a/embark-ui/src/containers/HomeContainer.js
+++ b/embark-ui/src/containers/HomeContainer.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import {
 import DataWrapper from "../components/DataWrapper";
 import Processes from '../components/Processes';
 import Console from '../components/Console';
-import {EMBARK_PROCESS_NAME} from '../constants';
+import {EMBARK_PROCESS_NAME, LOG_LIMIT} from '../constants';
 import ContractsList from '../components/ContractsList';
 import {getContracts, getProcesses, getProcessLogs} from "../reducers/selectors";
 
@@ -39,10 +39,10 @@ class HomeContainer extends Component {
 
     if (processName === EMBARK_PROCESS_NAME) {
       if (this.props.processLogs.length === 0) {
-        this.props.fetchProcessLogs(processName);
+        this.props.fetchProcessLogs(processName, LOG_LIMIT);
       }
     } else {
-      this.props.fetchProcessLogs(processName);
+      this.props.fetchProcessLogs(processName, LOG_LIMIT);
       this.props.listenToProcessLogs(processName);
     }
 
diff --git a/lib/core/processes/processLauncher.js b/lib/core/processes/processLauncher.js
index 4fb23bc7d..034651e8d 100644
--- a/lib/core/processes/processLauncher.js
+++ b/lib/core/processes/processLauncher.js
@@ -85,7 +85,9 @@ class ProcessLauncher {
       'get',
       apiRoute,
       (_req, res) => {
-        const result = self.logs.map((log, id) => Object.assign(log, {id})).slice(-50);
+        let limit = parseInt(req.query.limit, 10);
+        if(!Number.isInteger(limit)) limit = 0;
+        const result = self.logs.map((log, id) => Object.assign(log, {id})).slice(limit);
         res.send(JSON.stringify(result));
       }
     );