diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e4c5251f..3ed3f643 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Prefix your items with `(Template)` if the change is about the template and not
 ## 3.4.X
 - Added a kill switch feature to the app.
 - Bump Uno.WinUI, Uno.WinUI.DevServer, Uno.WinUI.Lottie and Uno.UI.Adapter.Microsoft.Extensions.Logging to 5.0.159 to fix backNavigation/CloseModal crash.
+- Fixed an issue with logging configuration not creating the directory before writing the log file in the case logging was disabled by default.
 
 ## 3.3.X
 - Added a forced update feature to the app.
diff --git a/src/app/ApplicationTemplate.Shared.Views/Configuration/LoggingConfiguration.cs b/src/app/ApplicationTemplate.Shared.Views/Configuration/LoggingConfiguration.cs
index ab3d9b32..3e2daf01 100644
--- a/src/app/ApplicationTemplate.Shared.Views/Configuration/LoggingConfiguration.cs
+++ b/src/app/ApplicationTemplate.Shared.Views/Configuration/LoggingConfiguration.cs
@@ -37,9 +37,17 @@ public static void ConfigureLogging(HostBuilderContext hostBuilderContext, ILogg
 			AddConsoleLogging(serilogConfiguration);
 		}
 
+		var filepath = logFilesProvider.GetLogFilePath(isAppLogging);
+
 		if (options.IsFileLoggingEnabled)
 		{
-			AddFileLogging(serilogConfiguration, logFilesProvider.GetLogFilePath(isAppLogging));
+			AddFileLogging(serilogConfiguration, filepath);
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			// Ensures the directory is created so we can still write on files down the line.
+			var directoryPath = Path.GetDirectoryName(filepath);
+			Directory.CreateDirectory(directoryPath);
 		}
 
 		var logger = serilogConfiguration.CreateLogger();