diff --git a/advanced/Templates/pihole-FTL.service b/advanced/Templates/pihole-FTL.service
index 9b9b3a0a..11bbe1c9 100644
--- a/advanced/Templates/pihole-FTL.service
+++ b/advanced/Templates/pihole-FTL.service
@@ -67,8 +67,7 @@ start() {
     echo "pihole-FTL is already running"
   else
     # Touch files to ensure they exist (create if non-existing, preserve if existing)
-    mkdir -pm 0755 /run/pihole
-    mkdir -pm 0755 /var/log/pihole
+    mkdir -pm 0755 /run/pihole /var/log/pihole
     [ ! -f "${FTL_PID_FILE}" ] && install -m 644 -o pihole -g pihole /dev/null "${FTL_PID_FILE}"
     [ ! -f "${FTL_PORT_FILE}" ] && install -m 644 -o pihole -g pihole /dev/null "${FTL_PORT_FILE}"
     [ ! -f /var/log/pihole/pihole-FTL.log ] && install -m 644 -o pihole -g pihole /dev/null /var/log/pihole/pihole-FTL.log