diff --git a/advanced/pihole-FTL.service b/advanced/pihole-FTL.service
index b7def22c..959b7794 100644
--- a/advanced/pihole-FTL.service
+++ b/advanced/pihole-FTL.service
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ start() {
     echo "pihole-FTL is already running"
   else
     touch /var/log/pihole-FTL.log /run/pihole-FTL.pid /run/pihole-FTL.port /var/log/pihole.log
+    mkdir -p /var/run/pihole
+    mkdir -p /var/log/pihole
+    chown pihole:pihole /var/run/pihole /var/log/pihole
+    rm /var/run/pihole/FTL.sock
     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 /var/log/pihole.log
     su -s /bin/sh -c "/usr/bin/pihole-FTL" "$FTLUSER"