diff --git a/runtime/opt/taupage/init.d/00-create-custom-log-dir.sh b/runtime/opt/taupage/init.d/00-create-custom-log-dir.sh
index 19a1d3b..51f75ec 100755
--- a/runtime/opt/taupage/init.d/00-create-custom-log-dir.sh
+++ b/runtime/opt/taupage/init.d/00-create-custom-log-dir.sh
@@ -5,3 +5,6 @@ if [ ! -d /var/log-custom ]
 then
   mkdir /var/log-custom
 fi
+
+#make writeable for application user that are docker is able to write custom logs
+chown application.application /var/log-custom