diff --git a/backup.sh b/backup.sh
index acc7e16..b9f13ff 100644
--- a/backup.sh
+++ b/backup.sh
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ DIR_BACKUP_LOGS=${DIR_BACKUP}/logs
 LOGFILE_STATUS="${TIMESTAMP}_rsync_status.log"
 LOGFILE_PATH="${DIR_BACKUP_LOGS}/${LOGFILE_STATUS}"
 
+# create dirs that are not created automatically
+mkdir -p ${DIR_BACKUP_LOGS} ${DIR_BACKUP_DB}
 
 # 1) backup seafile databases
 docker exec -i ${DOCKER_SEAFILE_MYSQL} sh -c "mkdir -p ${DOCKER_BACKUP_DIR_TIMESTAMP}" # create remporary backup dir inside docker