diff --git a/ennstatus/log.py b/ennstatus/log.py
--- a/ennstatus/log.py
+++ b/ennstatus/log.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import logging
 import logging.handlers
 
+import os.path
 
 logging_debug_string = ('%(levelname)s:%(name)s:%(asctime)s:%(filename)s'
                         ':%(lineno)d: %(message)s')
@@ -16,6 +17,9 @@ def init_logging(app):
     stream_handler.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
     stream_handler.setFormatter(logging_debug_formatter)
 
+    if not os.path.exists('log/ennstatus.log'):
+        open('log/ennstatus.log', mode='a').close()
+
     rotating_file_handler = logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler(
         'log/ennstatus.log',
         maxBytes=1300000,
@@ -24,7 +28,12 @@ def init_logging(app):
     rotating_file_handler.setLevel(logging.INFO)
     rotating_file_handler.setFormatter(logging_formatter)
 
-    if app.debug or ('ENABLE_DEBUG_LOG' in app.config and app.config['ENABLE_DEBUG_LOG']):
+    if app.debug or ('ENABLE_DEBUG_LOG' in app.config and
+                     app.config['ENABLE_DEBUG_LOG']):
+
+        if not os.path.exists('log/ennstatus_debug.log'):
+            open('log/ennstatus_debug.log', mode='a').close()
+
         second_rotating_file_handler = logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler(
             'log/ennstatus_debug.log',
             maxBytes=1300000,