diff --git a/xfce-xterm-launcher-log-age b/xfce-xterm-launcher-log-age
index 14ccef0..1b1048c 100755
--- a/xfce-xterm-launcher-log-age
+++ b/xfce-xterm-launcher-log-age
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ my $launcher = $ARGV[0];
 my $launcher_dir = "$ENV{HOME}/.config/xfce4/panel/launcher-$launcher";
 
 my @desktop_files = glob("$launcher_dir/*.desktop");
+mkdir "$ENV{HOME}/log/";
 mkdir "$ENV{HOME}/log/xfce-xterm-launcher/";
 open my $log, ">>", "$ENV{HOME}/log/xfce-xterm-launcher/" . strftime("%Y-%m", localtime);