diff --git a/install/proxmox/proxmox-install-netalertx.sh b/install/proxmox/proxmox-install-netalertx.sh
index 5df5e6be..809d051c 100755
--- a/install/proxmox/proxmox-install-netalertx.sh
+++ b/install/proxmox/proxmox-install-netalertx.sh
@@ -302,11 +302,12 @@ chown -R www-data:www-data "${INSTALL_DIR}/log" "${INSTALL_DIR}/api"
 mkdir -p "${INSTALL_DIR}"/log/plugins
 chown -R www-data:www-data "${INSTALL_DIR}"/log/plugins
 
-# Create the execution_queue.log file if it doesn't exist
-touch "${INSTALL_DIR}"/log/{app.log,execution_queue.log,app_front.log,app.php_errors.log,stderr.log,stdout.log,db_is_locked.log}
-touch "${INSTALL_DIR}"/api/user_notifications.json
-chown -R www-data:www-data "${INSTALL_DIR}"/log "${INSTALL_DIR}"/api
-chmod -R ug+rwX "${INSTALL_DIR}"/log "${INSTALL_DIR}"/api
+# Ensure plugins directory and log files exist right after mounting tmpfs
+mkdir -p "${INSTALL_DIR}/log/plugins"
+touch "${INSTALL_DIR}/log/{app.log,execution_queue.log,app_front.log,app.php_errors.log,stderr.log,stdout.log,db_is_locked.log}"
+touch "${INSTALL_DIR}/api/user_notifications.json"
+chown -R www-data:www-data "${INSTALL_DIR}/log" "${INSTALL_DIR}/api"
+chmod -R ug+rwX "${INSTALL_DIR}/log" "${INSTALL_DIR}/api"
 
 printf "%b\n" "--------------------------------------------------------------------------"
 printf "%b\n" "${GREEN}[INSTALLING]                          ${RESET}Setting up DB and CONF files"