diff --git a/monitor_utils/config.py b/monitor_utils/config.py
index cdb6ed2..0f6709f 100644
--- a/monitor_utils/config.py
+++ b/monitor_utils/config.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import logging
 import json
+import os
 import pathlib
 from functools import cache
 from enum import Enum
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ class JSONFormatter(logging.Formatter):
 
 
 def configure_logging(monitor_name: str, log_dir: str = "/logs"):
+    os.makedirs(log_dir, exist_ok=True)
     handler = logging.StreamHandler()
     handler.setFormatter(JSONFormatter())