diff --git a/server/plugins-available/cron_plugin.inc.php b/server/plugins-available/cron_plugin.inc.php
index 1d44a849aacf57d5edc6a92c9e8f208e6f275805..1378dc4e46be9feaa773bd5ac135d2849d23440a 100644
--- a/server/plugins-available/cron_plugin.inc.php
+++ b/server/plugins-available/cron_plugin.inc.php
@@ -235,6 +235,16 @@ class cron_plugin {
 
 					$log_target = '>>' . $log_root . '/cron.log 2>>' . $log_root . '/cron_error.log';
 					$log_wget_target = $log_root . '/cron_wget.log';
+
+					if(!file_exists($log_root . '/cron.log')) {
+						touch($log_root . '/cron.log');
+	                                        $app->system->exec_safe('chown ?:? ?', $this->parent_domain['system_user'], $this->parent_domain['system_group'], $log_root . '/cron.log');
+					}
+					if(!file_exists($log_root . '/cron_error.log')) {
+						touch($log_root . '/cron_error.log');
+	                                        $app->system->exec_safe('chown ?:? ?', $this->parent_domain['system_user'], $this->parent_domain['system_group'], $log_root . '/cron_error.log');
+                                        }
+
 				}
 
 				$cron_line .= "\t{$this->parent_domain['system_user']}"; //* running as user