diff --git a/automated install/basic-install.sh b/automated install/basic-install.sh
index 75572a70..b8d818a3 100755
--- a/automated install/basic-install.sh	
+++ b/automated install/basic-install.sh	
@@ -231,6 +231,9 @@ sudo wget https://github.com/jacobsalmela/AdminLTE/archive/master.zip -O /var/ww
 sudo unzip -oq /var/www/master.zip -d /var/www/html/
 sudo mv /var/www/html/AdminLTE-master /var/www/html/admin
 sudo rm /var/www/master.zip 2>/dev/null
+sudo touch /var/log/pihole.log
+sudo chmod 644 /var/log/pihole.log
+sudo chown dnsmasq:root /var/log/pihole.log
 }
 
 installPiholeWeb(){