diff --git a/bin/wstun.js b/bin/wstun.js
index 94a8ec5..1c1cf3a 100755
--- a/bin/wstun.js
+++ b/bin/wstun.js
@@ -20,10 +20,17 @@
 
 
 log4js = require('log4js');
-log4js.loadAppender('file');
-logfile = '/var/log/wstun/wstun.log';
-loglevel = 'debug';
-log4js.addAppender(log4js.appenders.file(logfile));
+
+try{
+    log4js.loadAppender('file');
+    logfile = '/var/log/wstun/wstun.log';
+    loglevel = 'debug';
+    log4js.addAppender(log4js.appenders.file(logfile));
+}
+catch (err) {
+    console.log("error log folder creation")
+}
+
 var logger = log4js.getLogger('main');
 logger.setLevel(loglevel);
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1c1c8e4..25ade3c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@mdslab/wstun",
-  "version": "1.0.10",
+  "version": "1.0.11",
   "description": "A set of tools to establish TCP tunnels (or TCP reverse tunnels) over WebSocket connections for circumventing the problem of directly connect to hosts behind a strict firewall or without public IP. It also supports WebSocket Secure (wss) connections.",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {