diff -Nur --no-dereference e-smith-base-5.8.1.old/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/systemd-journald e-smith-base-5.8.1/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/systemd-journald
--- e-smith-base-5.8.1.old/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/systemd-journald	1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
+++ e-smith-base-5.8.1/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/systemd-journald	2021-12-20 09:07:38.478000000 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+if [[ ! -d /var/log/journal ]]; then
+	mkdir -p /var/log/journal
+	/usr/bin/systemd-tmpfiles --create --prefix /var/log/journal
+fi
diff -Nur --no-dereference e-smith-base-5.8.1.old/createlinks e-smith-base-5.8.1/createlinks
--- e-smith-base-5.8.1.old/createlinks	2021-06-06 16:30:37.000000000 -0400
+++ e-smith-base-5.8.1/createlinks	2021-12-20 09:52:47.018000000 -0500
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@
 templates2events("/etc/smartd.conf", $event);
 templates2events("/home/e-smith/ssl.pem/pem", $event);
 templates2events("/usr/lib/systemd/system/dhcpd.service.d/50koozali.conf", $event);
+event_link("systemd-journald", $event, "02");
 event_link("fix-startup", $event, "05");
 event_link("rotate_timestamped_logfiles", $event, "05");
 event_link("init-accounts", $event, "05");
@@ -443,6 +444,7 @@
 $event = "post-install";
 
 templates2events("/usr/lib/systemd/system/dhcpd.service.d/50koozali.conf", $event);
+event_link("systemd-journald", $event, "02");
 event_link("fix-startup", $event, "05");
 event_link("rotate_timestamped_logfiles", $event, "05");
 event_link("init-accounts", $event, "05");
@@ -462,6 +464,7 @@
 
 event_link("remove-templates-custom", $event, "02");
 templates2events("/usr/lib/systemd/system/dhcpd.service.d/50koozali.conf", $event);
+event_link("systemd-journald", $event, "02");
 event_link("fix-startup", $event, "05");
 event_link("rotate_timestamped_logfiles", $event, "05");
 event_link("init-accounts", $event, "05");