diff --git a/code/frontend/src/app/features/settings/general/general-settings.component.html b/code/frontend/src/app/features/settings/general/general-settings.component.html
index 45120512..140920fe 100644
--- a/code/frontend/src/app/features/settings/general/general-settings.component.html
+++ b/code/frontend/src/app/features/settings/general/general-settings.component.html
@@ -109,15 +109,15 @@
       <div class="form-divider"></div>
 
       <div class="form-row">
-        <app-number-input label="Rolling Size" [(value)]="logRollingSizeMB" [min]="1" [max]="100" suffix="MB"
+        <app-number-input label="Rolling Size" [(value)]="logRollingSizeMB" [min]="0" [max]="100" suffix="MB"
           hint="Maximum size of each log file in megabytes (0 = disabled)"
           [error]="logRollingSizeError()"
           helpKey="general:log.rollingSizeMB" />
-        <app-number-input label="Retained Files" [(value)]="logRetainedFileCount" [min]="1" [max]="50"
+        <app-number-input label="Retained Files" [(value)]="logRetainedFileCount" [min]="0" [max]="50"
           hint="Number of old log files to retain (0 = unlimited)"
           [error]="logRetainedFileCountError()"
           helpKey="general:log.retainedFileCount" />
-        <app-number-input label="Time Limit" [(value)]="logTimeLimitHours" [min]="1" [max]="1440" suffix="hours"
+        <app-number-input label="Time Limit" [(value)]="logTimeLimitHours" [min]="0" [max]="1440" suffix="hours"
           hint="Maximum age of old log files in hours (0 = unlimited)"
           [error]="logTimeLimitError()"
           helpKey="general:log.timeLimitHours" />
@@ -130,11 +130,11 @@
         helpKey="general:log.archiveEnabled" />
       @if (logArchiveEnabled()) {
         <div class="form-row">
-          <app-number-input label="Archive Retained Count" [(value)]="logArchiveRetainedCount" [min]="1" [max]="100"
+          <app-number-input label="Archive Retained Count" [(value)]="logArchiveRetainedCount" [min]="0" [max]="100"
             hint="Number of archive files to retain (0 = unlimited)"
             [error]="logArchiveRetainedError()"
             helpKey="general:log.archiveRetainedCount" />
-          <app-number-input label="Archive Time Limit" [(value)]="logArchiveTimeLimitHours" [min]="1" [max]="1440" suffix="hours"
+          <app-number-input label="Archive Time Limit" [(value)]="logArchiveTimeLimitHours" [min]="0" [max]="1440" suffix="hours"
             hint="Maximum age of archive files in hours (0 = unlimited)"
             [error]="logArchiveTimeLimitError()"
             helpKey="general:log.archiveTimeLimitHours" />
diff --git a/code/frontend/src/app/features/settings/general/general-settings.component.ts b/code/frontend/src/app/features/settings/general/general-settings.component.ts
index ff236145..761a0689 100644
--- a/code/frontend/src/app/features/settings/general/general-settings.component.ts
+++ b/code/frontend/src/app/features/settings/general/general-settings.component.ts
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ export class GeneralSettingsComponent implements OnInit, HasPendingChanges {
   readonly logRollingSizeError = computed(() => {
     const v = this.logRollingSizeMB();
     if (v == null) return 'This field is required';
-    if (v < 1) return 'Minimum value is 1';
+    if (v < 0) return 'Minimum value is 0';
     if (v > 100) return 'Maximum value is 100 MB';
     return undefined;
   });
@@ -117,25 +117,31 @@ export class GeneralSettingsComponent implements OnInit, HasPendingChanges {
   readonly logTimeLimitError = computed(() => {
     const v = this.logTimeLimitHours();
     if (v == null) return 'This field is required';
-    if (v < 1) return 'Minimum value is 1';
+    if (v < 0) return 'Minimum value is 0';
     if (v > 1440) return 'Maximum value is 1440 hours (60 days)';
     return undefined;
   });
 
+  readonly logArchiveRetentionBothZeroError = computed(() =>
+    this.logArchiveEnabled() && this.logArchiveRetainedCount() === 0 && this.logArchiveTimeLimitHours() === 0
+      ? 'Retained count and time limit cannot both be 0 when archiving is enabled'
+      : undefined
+  );
+
   readonly logArchiveRetainedError = computed(() => {
     const v = this.logArchiveRetainedCount();
     if (v == null) return 'This field is required';
     if (v < 0) return 'Minimum value is 0';
     if (v > 100) return 'Maximum value is 100';
-    return undefined;
+    return this.logArchiveRetentionBothZeroError();
   });
 
   readonly logArchiveTimeLimitError = computed(() => {
     const v = this.logArchiveTimeLimitHours();
     if (v == null) return 'This field is required';
-    if (v < 1) return 'Minimum value is 1';
+    if (v < 0) return 'Minimum value is 0';
     if (v > 1440) return 'Maximum value is 1440 hours (60 days)';
-    return undefined;
+    return this.logArchiveRetentionBothZeroError();
   });
 
   readonly strikeInactivityWindowHoursError = computed(() => {