diff --git a/rootfs/etc/init.d/S01syslogd b/rootfs/etc/init.d/S01syslogd
index 15006bc..d331993 100755
--- a/rootfs/etc/init.d/S01syslogd
+++ b/rootfs/etc/init.d/S01syslogd
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SYSLOGD_ARGS=""
 start() {
 	printf 'Starting %s: ' "$DAEMON"
 	# shellcheck disable=SC2086 # we need the word splitting
-	start-stop-daemon -b -m -S -q -p "$PIDFILE" -x "/sbin/$DAEMON" \
+	start-stop-daemon -b -m -S -q -p "$PIDFILE" -x "/bin/$DAEMON" \
 		-- -n $SYSLOGD_ARGS
 	status=$?
 	if [ "$status" -eq 0 ]; then
diff --git a/rootfs/etc/init.d/S02klogd b/rootfs/etc/init.d/S02klogd
index 0677e1e..85246f1 100755
--- a/rootfs/etc/init.d/S02klogd
+++ b/rootfs/etc/init.d/S02klogd
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ KLOGD_ARGS=""
 start() {
 	printf 'Starting %s: ' "$DAEMON"
 	# shellcheck disable=SC2086 # we need the word splitting
-	start-stop-daemon -b -m -S -q -p "$PIDFILE" -x "/sbin/$DAEMON" \
+	start-stop-daemon -b -m -S -q -p "$PIDFILE" -x "/bin/$DAEMON" \
 		-- -n $KLOGD_ARGS
 	status=$?
 	if [ "$status" -eq 0 ]; then
diff --git a/rootfs/etc/inittab b/rootfs/etc/inittab
index 8a598f2..56b8725 100644
--- a/rootfs/etc/inittab
+++ b/rootfs/etc/inittab
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 ::sysinit:/bin/mount -t sysfs sysfs /sys
 ::sysinit:/bin/mount -t proc proc /proc
 ::sysinit:/bin/mount -o remount,rw /
+::sysinit:/bin/mkdir /var/log
 null::sysinit:/bin/ln -sf /proc/self/fd /dev/fd
 null::sysinit:/bin/ln -sf /proc/self/fd/0 /dev/stdin
 null::sysinit:/bin/ln -sf /proc/self/fd/1 /dev/stdout