diff --git a/interface/web/sites/templates/web_domain_stats.htm b/interface/web/sites/templates/web_domain_stats.htm
index 8152842ba34f95963d73e238356fd70ee0960108..1c216574d33cfc15ddda4e0c08d8c3b1e72be349 100644
--- a/interface/web/sites/templates/web_domain_stats.htm
+++ b/interface/web/sites/templates/web_domain_stats.htm
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <fieldset class="inlineLabels">
       <div class="ctrlHolder">
       	<label for="redirect_path">{tmpl_var name='stats_password_txt'}</label>
-        <input name="stats_password" id="stats_password" value="{tmpl_var name='stats_password'}" size="30" maxlength="255" type="text" class="textInput" />
+        <input name="stats_password" id="stats_password" value="{tmpl_var name='stats_password'}" size="30" maxlength="255" type="password" class="textInput" />
 	  </div>
     </fieldset>
 
diff --git a/server/plugins-available/apache2_plugin.inc.php b/server/plugins-available/apache2_plugin.inc.php
index 89ea41d7bb29f7af5c6cd6de8f7f9d54b5f4b86b..630f54c0371cc4740f2fa1ee16fe901b04fc249c 100644
--- a/server/plugins-available/apache2_plugin.inc.php
+++ b/server/plugins-available/apache2_plugin.inc.php
@@ -672,6 +672,7 @@ class apache2_plugin {
 		
 		//* Create .htaccess and .htpasswd file for website statistics
 		if(!is_file($data["new"]["document_root"].'/web/stats/.htaccess')) {
+			if(!is_dir($data["new"]["document_root"].'/web/stats')) mkdir($data["new"]["document_root"].'/web/stats');
 			$ht_file = "AuthType Basic\nAuthName \"Members Only\"\nAuthUserFile ".$data["new"]["document_root"]."/.htpasswd_stats\n<limit GET PUT POST>\nrequire valid-user\n</limit>";
 			file_put_contents($data["new"]["document_root"].'/web/stats/.htaccess',$ht_file);
 			chmod($data["new"]["document_root"].'/web/stats/.htaccess',0664);