diff --git a/src/freedombone b/src/freedombone
index 7043d8df..585b0edc 100755
--- a/src/freedombone
+++ b/src/freedombone
@@ -8428,6 +8428,10 @@ function install_irc_server {
   if [[ $SYSTEM_TYPE == "$VARIANT_MESH" ]]; then
       sed -i "s/;DNS =.*/DNS = no/g" /etc/ngircd/ngircd.conf
   fi
+  mkdir /var/run/ircd
+  chown -R irc:irc /var/run/ircd
+  touch /var/run/ngircd/ngircd.pid
+  chown -R irc:irc /var/run/ngircd
   service ngircd start
 
   # keep the daemon running