diff --git a/x/xinitrc b/x/xinitrc
index a496e5e..98d52b9 100644
--- a/x/xinitrc
+++ b/x/xinitrc
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 export LOGFILE="$LOGDIR/xinitrc.log"
 
+mkdir -p "${LOGDIR}/i3"
+
 log() {
     echo "[$(date +%FT%T)] $*" >> "$LOGFILE"
 }