diff --git a/advanced/Templates/pihole-FTL-prestart.sh b/advanced/Templates/pihole-FTL-prestart.sh
index 62183db9..a0353f34 100755
--- a/advanced/Templates/pihole-FTL-prestart.sh
+++ b/advanced/Templates/pihole-FTL-prestart.sh
@@ -11,17 +11,17 @@ FTL_PID_FILE="$(getFTLPIDFile)"
 
 # Touch files to ensure they exist (create if non-existing, preserve if existing)
 # shellcheck disable=SC2174
-mkdir -pm 0755 /run/pihole /var/log/pihole
+mkdir -pm 0755 /var/log/pihole
 [ -f "${FTL_PID_FILE}" ] || install -D -m 644 -o pihole -g pihole /dev/null "${FTL_PID_FILE}"
 [ -f /var/log/pihole/FTL.log ] || install -m 644 -o pihole -g pihole /dev/null /var/log/pihole/FTL.log
 [ -f /var/log/pihole/pihole.log ] || install -m 640 -o pihole -g pihole /dev/null /var/log/pihole/pihole.log
 [ -f /etc/pihole/dhcp.leases ] || install -m 644 -o pihole -g pihole /dev/null /etc/pihole/dhcp.leases
 # Ensure that permissions are set so that pihole-FTL can edit all necessary files
-chown -R pihole:pihole /run/pihole /etc/pihole /var/log/pihole
+chown -R pihole:pihole /etc/pihole /var/log/pihole
 chmod -R 0640 /var/log/pihole
 chmod -R 0660 /etc/pihole /run/pihole
 # allow all users to enter der directories
-chmod 0755 /etc/pihole /run/pihole /var/log/pihole
+chmod 0755 /etc/pihole /var/log/pihole
 
 # Backward compatibility for user-scripts that still expect log files in /var/log instead of /var/log/pihole
 # Should be removed with Pi-hole v6.0