diff --git a/lib/tasks/deploy/local.rb b/lib/tasks/deploy/local.rb
index 40f783c..78721c5 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/deploy/local.rb
+++ b/lib/tasks/deploy/local.rb
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ class Tasks::Deploy::Local
   def call
     src, dest = settings.src, settings.dest
     user, group = settings.user, settings.group
+    logs_dir = settings.logs_dir
+    doas "root", "/bin/mkdir", "-p", logs_dir
+    doas "root", "/bin/mkdir", "-p", dest
     doas "root", "/bin/rm", "-rf", File.join(dest, "*")
     doas "root", "/bin/cp", "-r", src, dest
     doas "root", "/usr/sbin/chown", "-R", [user, group].join(":"), dest
diff --git a/nanoc.yaml b/nanoc.yaml
index 6a2046a..b26f9aa 100644
--- a/nanoc.yaml
+++ b/nanoc.yaml
@@ -25,3 +25,4 @@ deploy:
     group: www
     src: build/al-quran/.
     dest: /var/www/htdocs/al-quran.reflectslight.local/
+    logs_dir: /var/www/logs/al-quran.reflectslight.local/