diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index dae8f04..fb14dfa 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 *.log
+logs
 .resticPassword
 backups.sh
 restic.sh
diff --git a/logs/logFilesGoHere b/logs/logFilesGoHere
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/templates/backupsTemplate.sh b/templates/backupsTemplate.sh
index dc61ecd..6650c03 100644
--- a/templates/backupsTemplate.sh
+++ b/templates/backupsTemplate.sh
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ SCRIPT_DIR=$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )
 ############################
 
 # Setup for logging
+mkdir -p "${SCRIPT_DIR}"/logs
 exec 3<&1 4<&2
 trap "exec 2<&4 1<&3" 0 1 2 3
 exec > >(tee >(ts "%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S" > "${BACKUP_LOG}")) 2>&1