diff --git a/services/proxy/Dockerfile b/services/proxy/Dockerfile
index d80660ee2cb5b96f84895751b58cb81787dc3b3c..9ac721ace4ce86f1cafdb9338d909c4e969342c1 100644
--- a/services/proxy/Dockerfile
+++ b/services/proxy/Dockerfile
@@ -58,4 +58,5 @@ COPY prestartup_proxy.sh /prestartup/
 COPY proxy-global.conf /etc/apache2/sites-available/
 RUN ln -s /etc/apache2/sites-available/proxy-global.conf /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/proxy-global.conf
 
-
+# Create default log dir
+RUN mkdir -p /var/log/proxy