diff --git a/src/log.py b/src/log.py
index 341770a56..6abb8afa2 100755
--- a/src/log.py
+++ b/src/log.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import re
 import yaml
 import glob
 import psutil
+import time
 from typing import List
 
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
@@ -82,6 +83,39 @@ BORING_LOG_LINES = [
 ]
 
 
+def _update_log_parent_symlinks():
+
+    one_year_ago = (time.time() - 365 * 24 * 3600)
+
+    logs = glob.iglob(OPERATIONS_PATH + "*" + METADATA_FILE_EXT)
+    for log_md in logs:
+        if os.path.getctime(log_md) < one_year_ago:
+            # Let's ignore files older than one year because hmpf reading a shitload of yml is not free
+            continue
+
+        name = log_md[: -len(METADATA_FILE_EXT)]
+        parent_symlink = os.path.join(OPERATIONS_PATH, f".{name}.parent.yml")
+        if os.path.islink(parent_symlink):
+            continue
+
+        try:
+            metadata = (
+                read_yaml(log_md) or {}
+            )  # Making sure this is a dict and not  None..?
+        except Exception as e:
+            # If we can't read the yaml for some reason, report an error and ignore this entry...
+            logger.error(m18n.n("log_corrupted_md_file", md_file=log_md, error=e))
+            continue
+
+        parent = metadata.get("parent")
+        parent = parent + METADATA_FILE_EXT if parent else "/dev/null"
+        try:
+            print(parent, parent_symlink)
+            os.symlink(parent, parent_symlink)
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.warning(f"Failed to create symlink {parent_symlink} ? {e}")
+
+
 def log_list(limit=None, with_details=False, with_suboperations=False):
     """
     List available logs
@@ -98,30 +132,35 @@ def log_list(limit=None, with_details=False, with_suboperations=False):
 
     operations = {}
 
-    logs = [x for x in os.listdir(OPERATIONS_PATH) if x.endswith(METADATA_FILE_EXT)]
+    _update_log_parent_symlinks()
+
+    one_year_ago = (time.time() - 365 * 24 * 3600)
+    logs = [x for x in os.listdir(OPERATIONS_PATH) if x.endswith(METADATA_FILE_EXT) and os.path.getctime(x) > one_year_ago]
     logs = list(reversed(sorted(logs)))
 
+    if not with_suboperations:
+        def parent_symlink_points_to_dev_null(log):
+            name = log[: -len(METADATA_FILE_EXT)]
+            parent_symlink = os.path.join(OPERATIONS_PATH, f".{name}.parent.yml")
+            return os.path.islink(parent_symlink) and os.path.realpath(parent_symlink) == "/dev/null"
+
+        logs = [log for log in logs if parent_symlink_points_to_dev_null(log)]
+
     if limit is not None:
-        if with_suboperations:
-            logs = logs[:limit]
-        else:
-            # If we displaying only parent, we are still gonna load up to limit * 5 logs
-            # because many of them are suboperations which are not gonna be kept
-            # Yet we still want to obtain ~limit number of logs
-            logs = logs[: limit * 5]
+        logs = logs[:limit]
 
     for log in logs:
-        base_filename = log[: -len(METADATA_FILE_EXT)]
+        name = log[: -len(METADATA_FILE_EXT)]
         md_path = os.path.join(OPERATIONS_PATH, log)
 
         entry = {
-            "name": base_filename,
+            "name": name,
             "path": md_path,
-            "description": _get_description_from_name(base_filename),
+            "description": _get_description_from_name(name),
         }
 
         try:
-            entry["started_at"] = _get_datetime_from_name(base_filename)
+            entry["started_at"] = _get_datetime_from_name(name)
         except ValueError:
             pass
 
@@ -141,10 +180,8 @@ def log_list(limit=None, with_details=False, with_suboperations=False):
         if with_suboperations:
             entry["parent"] = metadata.get("parent")
             entry["suboperations"] = []
-        elif metadata.get("parent") is not None:
-            continue
 
-        operations[base_filename] = entry
+        operations[name] = entry
 
     # When displaying suboperations, we build a tree-like structure where
     # "suboperations" is a list of suboperations (each of them may also have a list of