diff --git a/advanced/pihole-FTL.service b/advanced/pihole-FTL.service
index 627fad8c..b7def22c 100644
--- a/advanced/pihole-FTL.service
+++ b/advanced/pihole-FTL.service
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ start() {
   if is_running; then
     echo "pihole-FTL is already running"
   else
-    touch /var/log/pihole-FTL.log /run/pihole-FTL.pid /run/pihole-FTL.port
+    touch /var/log/pihole-FTL.log /run/pihole-FTL.pid /run/pihole-FTL.port /var/log/pihole.log
     chown pihole:pihole /var/log/pihole-FTL.log /run/pihole-FTL.pid /run/pihole-FTL.port /etc/pihole
-    chmod 0644 /var/log/pihole-FTL.log /run/pihole-FTL.pid /run/pihole-FTL.port
+    chmod 0644 /var/log/pihole-FTL.log /run/pihole-FTL.pid /run/pihole-FTL.port /var/log/pihole.log
     su -s /bin/sh -c "/usr/bin/pihole-FTL" "$FTLUSER"
     echo
   fi