diff --git a/package/gluon-check-connection/luasrc/usr/bin/gluon-check-connection b/package/gluon-check-connection/luasrc/usr/bin/gluon-check-connection
index 5556226c..f6decfa7 100755
--- a/package/gluon-check-connection/luasrc/usr/bin/gluon-check-connection
+++ b/package/gluon-check-connection/luasrc/usr/bin/gluon-check-connection
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ local unistd = require 'posix.unistd'
 local util = require 'gluon.util'
 local site = require 'gluon.site'
 
-local offline_flag_file = "/var/gluon/check-connection/offline"
+local offline_flag_file_path = "/var/gluon/check-connection"
+local offline_flag_file = offline_flag_file_path + "/offline"
 local is_offline = true
 
 -- Check reachability of pre-defined targets
@@ -21,6 +22,10 @@ if is_offline then
 	if unistd.access(offline_flag_file) then
 		os.exit(0)
 	end
+	-- check if path exists
+	if !access(offline_flag_file_path, F_OK) then
+		stat.mkdir(offline_flag_file_path)
+	end
 	-- Create offline flag
 	local f = io.open(offline_flag_file, "w")
 	f:write(tostring(util.get_uptime()))