diff --git a/deploy_app.sh b/deploy_app.sh
index ce27b536834945a3addbfaf55922e7ebc9ad9ae9..ffe5759747c266f0b8646b96b51ebe24c6da7928 100755
--- a/deploy_app.sh
+++ b/deploy_app.sh
@@ -345,6 +345,7 @@ else
     allprofiles="$*"
 fi
 
+test -d "${logdir}" || mkdir -p "${logdir}"
 for myprofile in $allprofiles
 do
     deploy $myprofile | tee ${logdir}/${myprofile}__$(date +%Y-%m-%d__%H%I%S).log