diff --git a/installers/enablelog.sh b/installers/enablelog.sh
index 79f75546..9985d626 100755
--- a/installers/enablelog.sh
+++ b/installers/enablelog.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 /bin/sed -i 's|#DAEMON_OPTS=""|DAEMON_OPTS=" -f /tmp/hostapd.log"|' /etc/default/hostapd
+touch /tmp/hostapd.log
+chmod o+r /tmp/hostapd.log