diff --git a/Log.cc b/Log.cc
index 944302b6accb1ea6fb6c75cf8860081b5f05374e..679b4552f1877b8b16935a52cfeed6cc1a4f9e6b 100644
--- a/Log.cc
+++ b/Log.cc
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ namespace Utilities {
 	      throw Exception(s.c_str());
 	    }
 
-	  int ret = system(("mkdir "+ dir).c_str());
+	  int ret = system(("mkdir "+ dir + " 2>/dev/null").c_str());
 	  if(ret == 0)
 	    {
 	      break;