diff --git a/src/log_setup/rotation.py b/src/log_setup/rotation.py
index a560632..904784a 100644
--- a/src/log_setup/rotation.py
+++ b/src/log_setup/rotation.py
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ def rotate_on_start(
     else:
         _move(live_path, dest)
     if tiered:
-        retier(log_dir, stem, keep_uncompressed or 0, keep_compressed or 0)
+        retier(log_dir, stem, keep_uncompressed or 0, keep_compressed or 0, live_stem)
 
 
 def retier(log_dir: str, stem: str, keep_uncompressed: int, keep_compressed: int,