diff --git a/mariadbinstall b/mariadbinstall
index 7a3f692..7ede014 100755
--- a/mariadbinstall
+++ b/mariadbinstall
@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ apt install -y mariadb-server mariadb-client
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 # Setting up error log comment this out if you don't need error log
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+logdir="/var/log/mysql"
+if [[ ! -d "$logdir" ]]; then mkdir -m 2750 "$logdir" ; chown mysql:mysql "$logdir" ; fi 
 sed -i '/#log_error = \/var\/log\/mysql\/error.log/ s/^.//' "$mariaconfig"
 
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