diff --git a/setup/so-setup b/setup/so-setup
index 21c78cd92..83bb8ceed 100755
--- a/setup/so-setup
+++ b/setup/so-setup
@@ -591,8 +591,8 @@ fi
 		set_initial_firewall_policy >> $setup_log 2>&1
 		
 		# create these so the registry state can add so-registry to /opt/so/conf/so-status/so-status.conf
-		mkdir -p /opt/so/conf/so-status/
-		touch /opt/so/conf/so-status/so-status.conf
+		mkdir -p /opt/so/conf/so-status/ >> $setup_log 2>&1
+		touch /opt/so/conf/so-status/so-status.conf >> $setup_log 2>&1
 
 		if [[ "$setup_type" == 'iso' ]]; then
 			set_progress_str 26 'Copying containers from iso'