diff --git a/scripts/da b/scripts/da
index 3c00a65..71ea5a2 100755
--- a/scripts/da
+++ b/scripts/da
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use lib 'blib/lib';
 use Simba::DA;
 
 my $now = strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S', localtime());
+mkdir('/var/log/simba');
 open(my $log, '>>', '/var/log/simba/da.log.' . $now);
 $log->autoflush(1);
 my $da = Simba::DA->new({fh_log => $log});