diff --git a/docker/demo/Dockerfile b/docker/demo/Dockerfile
index b30ec035..5b90c20f 100644
--- a/docker/demo/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/demo/Dockerfile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ ENV SERVER_PWD=somePW
 RUN groupadd --system spring && useradd --system --gid spring spring
 
 # TODO: this shouldn't be necessary, log to stdout instead
-RUN mkdir -p /sebserver/log && chown spring:spring /sebserver/log
+RUN mkdir -p /sebserver/log && touch /sebserver/log/sebserver.log && chown -R spring:spring /sebserver/log
 
 USER spring:spring