diff --git a/dss/logsettings.py b/dss/logsettings.py
index f591327..2f550fd 100755
--- a/dss/logsettings.py
+++ b/dss/logsettings.py
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ from dss import localsettings
 
 if os.name == 'posix':
     LOG_FILE = localsettings.DSS_TEMP_PATH + '/dss.log'
+    if not os.path.exists(LOG_FILE):
+        print("Creating {}".format(LOG_FILE))
+        open(LOG_FILE, 'a').close()
+    else:
+        print("{} already exists.".format(LOG_FILE))
+
 else:
     LOG_FILE = 'c:\\temp\\dss.log'