diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 2be24a2..91da049 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ packages=(gcc wget nginx ufw make sqlite3 bzip2 openssl libffi-dev libssl-dev li
 for package in ${packages[@]};
 do
     echo -e "\tInstalling $package"
-    touch $aptlogloc
     apt install -y $package 1>> $aptlogloc 2>> $aptlogloc 3>> $aptlogloc
     if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
         echo -e "apt failed to install $package. $aptlogmsg"