diff --git a/src/jobflow_remote/utils/log.py b/src/jobflow_remote/utils/log.py
index 81cd93f8..237e2c8d 100644
--- a/src/jobflow_remote/utils/log.py
+++ b/src/jobflow_remote/utils/log.py
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 import logging.config
 from pathlib import Path
 
+from monty.os import makedirs_p
+
 
 def initialize_runner_logger(log_folder: str | Path, level: int = logging.INFO):
     """Initialize the default logger.
@@ -25,7 +27,10 @@ def initialize_runner_logger(log_folder: str | Path, level: int = logging.INFO):
 
     # TODO if the directory it is not present it does not initialize the logger with
     # an unclear error message. It may be worth leaving this:
-    # makedirs_p(log_folder)
+
+    # @ml-evs: Indeed I found this necessary when testing the runner locally -- cryptic crashes
+    # if the log folder is not present, so I have retained it here.
+    makedirs_p(log_folder)
 
     config = {
         "version": 1,