diff --git a/cogs/players.py b/cogs/players.py
index e86ad6c..58c8309 100644
--- a/cogs/players.py
+++ b/cogs/players.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ from utils.models import Player
 
 ZOMBOID_FOLDER_PATH = Path(getenv("SPIFFO__ZOMBOID_FOLDER_PATH"))
 LOGS_FOLDER_PATH = ZOMBOID_FOLDER_PATH / "Logs"
-USER_LOG_FILE_PATH = next(LOGS_FOLDER_PATH.glob("*_user.txt"), None)
 TIMESTAMP_FORMAT = getenv("SPIFFO__ZOMBOID_LOG_TIMESTAMP_FORMAT", "%d-%m-%y %H:%M:%S.%f")
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ class PlayersCog(commands.Cog):
 
     def __init__(self, bot: commands.Bot):
         self.bot = bot
-        self.file_handler = LogFileReader(USER_LOG_FILE_PATH)
+        self.create_file_handler()
         self.listen_for_changes.start()
 
     cmd_group = app_commands.Group(
@@ -61,13 +60,22 @@ class PlayersCog(commands.Cog):
         self.listen_for_changes.start()
         await inter.followup.send("Completed")
 
+    def create_file_handler(self):
+        user_log_file_path = next(LOGS_FOLDER_PATH.glob("*_user.txt"), None)
+        self.file_handler = LogFileReader(user_log_file_path)
+
     @tasks.loop(seconds=3)
     async def listen_for_changes(self):
         """
+        Listen for changes in the user.txt log file, and process them.
         """
         log.debug("listening for changes")
-        for line in await self.file_handler.read():
-            await self.process_log_line(line)
+        try:
+            for line in await self.file_handler.read():
+                await self.process_log_line(line)
+        except FileNotFoundError:
+            log.info("User log file not found, assuming it rotated to a new file.")
+            self.create_file_handler()
 
     async def process_log_line(self, line: str, alert: bool = True):
         log.debug("processing log line")