diff --git a/env.sh b/env.sh
index 19c99fa..d8c2c5a 100644
--- a/env.sh
+++ b/env.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 # load local python virtualenv 
 . venv/bin/activate
 
-
 # assign DOCKER_HOST_IP to be the main ip address of this host
 export DOCKER_HOST_IP=$(python voltha/nethelpers.py)
 
+# to avoid permission issues, create a dir for fluentd logs
+mkdir -p /tmp/fluentd
+