diff --git a/src/DI.php b/src/DI.php
index 28ad130b4d..cbc353161c 100644
--- a/src/DI.php
+++ b/src/DI.php
@@ -394,6 +394,14 @@ abstract class DI
 		return self::$dice->create(Model\Storage\IWritableStorage::class);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @return Model\Log\ParsedLogIterator
+	 */
+	public static function parsedLogIterator()
+	{
+		return self::$dice->create(Model\Log\ParsedLogIterator::class);
+	}
+
 	//
 	// "Network" namespace
 	//
diff --git a/src/Model/Log/ParsedLogIterator.php b/src/Model/Log/ParsedLogIterator.php
index 3e1832d969..bde07ee4a8 100644
--- a/src/Model/Log/ParsedLogIterator.php
+++ b/src/Model/Log/ParsedLogIterator.php
@@ -36,31 +36,64 @@ class ParsedLogIterator implements \Iterator
 	private $reader;
 
 	/** @var ParsedLog current iterator value*/
-	private $value;
+	private $value = null;
 
 	/** @var int max number of lines to read */
-	private $limit;
+	private $limit = 0;
 
 	/** @var array filters per column */
-	private $filters;
+	private $filters = [];
 
 	/** @var string search term */
-	private $search;
+	private $search = "";
 
 
 	/**
-	 * @param string $filename	File to open
-	 * @param int $limit		Max num of lines to read
-	 * @param array $filter		filters per column
-	 * @param string $search	string to search to filter lines
+	 * @param ReversedFileReader $reader
 	 */
-	public function __construct(string $filename, int $limit = 0, array $filters = [], string $search = "")
+	public function __construct(ReversedFileReader $reader)
+	{
+		$this->reader = $reader;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param string $filename	File to open
+	 * @return $this
+	 */
+	public function open(string $filename)
+	{
+		$this->reader->open($filename);
+		return $this;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param int $limit		Max num of lines to read
+	 * @return $this
+	 */
+	public function withLimit(int $limit)
+	{
+		$this->limit = $limit;
+		return $this;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param array $filters		filters per column
+	 * @return $this
+	 */
+	public function withFilters(array $filters)
 	{
-		$this->reader  = new ReversedFileReader($filename);
-		$this->value   = null;
-		$this->limit   = $limit;
 		$this->filters = $filters;
-		$this->search  = $search;
+		return $this;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param string $search	string to search to filter lines
+	 * @return $this
+	 */
+	public function withSearch(string $search)
+	{
+		$this->search = $search;
+		return $this;
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/src/Module/Admin/Logs/View.php b/src/Module/Admin/Logs/View.php
index 26ad3a8b61..222052380a 100644
--- a/src/Module/Admin/Logs/View.php
+++ b/src/Module/Admin/Logs/View.php
@@ -71,7 +71,11 @@ class View extends BaseAdmin
 			$error = DI::l10n()->t('Error trying to open <strong>%1$s</strong> log file.\r\n<br/>Check to see if file %1$s exist and is readable.', $f);
 		} else {
 			try {
-				$data = new ParsedLogIterator($f, self::LIMIT, $filters, $search);
+				$data = DI::parsedLogIterator()
+						->open($f)
+						->withLimit(self::LIMIT)
+						->withFilters($filters)
+						->withSearch($search);
 			} catch (Exception $e) {
 				$error = DI::l10n()->t('Couldn\'t open <strong>%1$s</strong> log file.\r\n<br/>Check to see if file %1$s is readable.', $f);
 			}
diff --git a/src/Util/ReversedFileReader.php b/src/Util/ReversedFileReader.php
index c889b5f93d..64d41b25d6 100644
--- a/src/Util/ReversedFileReader.php
+++ b/src/Util/ReversedFileReader.php
@@ -31,25 +31,34 @@ class ReversedFileReader implements \Iterator
 	const BUFFER_SIZE = 4096;
 	const SEPARATOR   = "\n";
 
-	/** @var int */
-	private $filesize;
+	/** @var resource */
+	private $fh = null;
 
 	/** @var int */
-	private $pos;
+	private $filesize = -1;
+
+	/** @var int */
+	private $pos = -1;
 
 	/** @var array */
-	private $buffer;
+	private $buffer = null;
 
 	/** @var int */
-	private $key;
+	private $key = -1;
 
 	/** @var string */
-	private $value;
+	private $value = null;
 
-	public function __construct($filename)
+	/**
+	 * Open $filename for read and reset iterator
+	 * 
+	 * @param string $filename	File to open
+	 * @return $this
+	 */
+	public function open(string $filename)
 	{
-		$this->_fh = fopen($filename, 'r');
-		if (!$this->_fh) {
+		$this->fh = fopen($filename, 'r');
+		if (!$this->fh) {
 			// this should use a custom exception.
 			throw \Exception("Unable to open $filename");
 		}
@@ -58,16 +67,17 @@ class ReversedFileReader implements \Iterator
 		$this->buffer   = null;
 		$this->key      = -1;
 		$this->value    = null;
+		return $this;
 	}
 
-	public function _read($size)
+	private function _read($size)
 	{
 		$this->pos -= $size;
-		fseek($this->_fh, $this->pos);
-		return fread($this->_fh, $size);
+		fseek($this->fh, $this->pos);
+		return fread($this->fh, $size);
 	}
 
-	public function _readline()
+	private function _readline()
 	{
 		$buffer = & $this->buffer;
 		while (true) {
diff --git a/static/dependencies.config.php b/static/dependencies.config.php
index 5efe78ddf3..f07a61807e 100644
--- a/static/dependencies.config.php
+++ b/static/dependencies.config.php
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ use Friendica\Database\Database;
 use Friendica\Factory;
 use Friendica\Model\Storage\IWritableStorage;
 use Friendica\Model\User\Cookie;
+use Friendica\Model\Log\ParsedLogIterator;
 use Friendica\Network;
 use Friendica\Util;
 use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface;
@@ -227,4 +228,9 @@ return [
 			$_SERVER
 		],
 	],
+	ParsedLogIterator::class => [
+		'constructParams' => [
+			[Dice::INSTANCE => Util\ReversedFileReader::class],
+		]
+	]
 ];