diff --git a/debian/resources/switch/source-permissions.sh b/debian/resources/switch/source-permissions.sh
index 829349e..66c3f66 100755
--- a/debian/resources/switch/source-permissions.sh
+++ b/debian/resources/switch/source-permissions.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 #setup owner and group, permissions and sticky
 chown -R www-data:www-data /usr/local/freeswitch
 chmod -R ug+rw /usr/local/freeswitch
+touch /var/log/freeswitch/freeswitch.log
+chown -R www-data:www-data /var/log/freeswitch
 find /usr/local/freeswitch -type d -exec chmod 2770 {} \;