diff --git a/cmd/main.go b/cmd/main.go
index e52e556304893e5faec231462b59168bb33a00ce..9845df3c99321b781410d59c35490bbf74aae9c7 100644
--- a/cmd/main.go
+++ b/cmd/main.go
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 )
 
+const LogDir = "/var/log/iluvatarcorex/ix-device-plugin"
+const LogPath = "/var/log/iluvatarcorex/ix-device-plugin/ix-device-plugin.log"
+
 func main() {
 
 	logging := flag.NewFlagSet("logging", flag.ExitOnError)
@@ -54,12 +57,18 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	defer klog.Flush()
-	logging.Set("log_dir", "/var/log/iluvatarcorex/ix-device-plugin")
-	logging.Set("log_file", "/var/log/iluvatarcorex/ix-device-plugin/ix-device-plugin.log")
+
+	err := os.MkdirAll(LogDir, 0755)
+	if err != nil {
+		klog.Errorf("unable to create directory %v: %v", LogDir, err)
+	}
+
+	logging.Set("log_dir", LogDir)
+	logging.Set("log_file", LogPath)
 	logging.Set("logtostderr", "false")
 	flag.Parse()
 
-	err := c.Run(os.Args)
+	err = c.Run(os.Args)
 	if err != nil {
 		klog.Error(err)
 		klog.Flush()
diff --git a/ix-device-plugin.yaml b/ix-device-plugin.yaml
index 5ef48c9bb880e8dfbd52fb44fed494e36bf13c9a..8a6a68957787c198312412f6b3b2ed2ea5ea7e84 100644
--- a/ix-device-plugin.yaml
+++ b/ix-device-plugin.yaml
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ spec:
             - name: ixc
               mountPath: /ixconfig
             - name: ix-device-plugin-log
-              mountPath: /var/log/iluvatarcorex/ix-device-plugin
+              mountPath: /var/log/iluvatarcorex/
       volumes:
         - hostPath:
             path: /var/lib/kubelet/device-plugins
@@ -106,5 +106,5 @@ spec:
               name: ix-config
         - name: ix-device-plugin-log
           hostPath:
-            path: /var/log/iluvatarcorex/ix-device-plugin
+            path: /var/log/iluvatarcorex
             type: Directory