diff --git a/selfdrive/manager/process.py b/selfdrive/manager/process.py
index 8dcc1c6..9168f9f 100755
--- a/selfdrive/manager/process.py
+++ b/selfdrive/manager/process.py
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ WATCHDOG_FN = "/dev/shm/wd_"
 ENABLE_WATCHDOG = os.getenv("NO_WATCHDOG") is None
 
 timestamp = datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S")
-log_dir = f"/data/log2/{timestamp}"
-os.makedirs(log_dir, exist_ok=True)
+_log_dir = f"/data/log2/{timestamp}"
+os.makedirs(_log_dir, exist_ok=True)
 
 def launcher(proc: str, name: str, log_path: str) -> None:
   try: