diff --git a/locksync.ash b/locksync.ash
index af52a6d..c7f3eba 100644
--- a/locksync.ash
+++ b/locksync.ash
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ export LOG_FILE="/recalbox/share/system/logs/locksync.log"
 log() {
 	# $1 = level
 	# $2 = message
+	touch "$LOG_FILE"
 	printf "[%s] [%s] %s\n" "$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')" "$1" "$2" >>"$LOG_FILE"
 }