diff --git a/template/stacks/ref-implementation/openbao/values.yaml b/template/stacks/ref-implementation/openbao/values.yaml
index f0fa1e4..87774b6 100644
--- a/template/stacks/ref-implementation/openbao/values.yaml
+++ b/template/stacks/ref-implementation/openbao/values.yaml
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ server:
       bao login $(grep "Initial Root Token:" /tmp/init.txt | awk '{print $NF}')
       rm /tmp/init.txt
       bao audit enable file file_path=stdout
+      touch /openbao/logs/openbao.log
       bao audit enable file file_path=/openbao/logs/openbao.log
 ui:
   enabled: true
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