diff --git a/operational b/operational
index 5c486de8df822518eaadeceed30978ac5aa798a7..2fd4e4f26e96d0895d3fecb2a2ca4ccad0885011 100644
--- a/operational
+++ b/operational
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ see example ~/.pylintrc
 ** 2014-05-09 add sphinx support
 * later								      :entry:
 * done								      :entry:
+** 2016-09-08 when bootstrap, create /var/log/{{name}} dir using sudo and chown to current user.
+this makes it easier when developing.
+
+- just add it in bootstrap-dev.
+
 ** DONE 2016-09-08 integrate sanity-check
 - update yygame-utils pkg version
 - in Makefile
diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index c099b23973905c71256fd831e9192bd1725a6972..c534eef902a5b9dd947ac86985122061c12ecad5 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject python/lein-template "0.16.0"
+(defproject python/lein-template "0.16.1"
   :description "lein template for a python project"
   :repositories [["snapshots"
                   {:url "http://devserv.game.yy.com/nexus/content/repositories/snapshots"
diff --git a/src/leiningen/new/python/Makefile b/src/leiningen/new/python/Makefile
index 4391fedf322e266bf8ce1fdd7b1d9b3ce8a93c68..4d3fb3e67db26a54f16e074b3f8bd1428a0394fc 100644
--- a/src/leiningen/new/python/Makefile
+++ b/src/leiningen/new/python/Makefile
@@ -32,9 +32,14 @@ requirements:
 	else \
 		$(PIP) install -q --find-links=wheelhouse $(REQUIREMENTS); \
 	fi
+logdir:
+	@if [ ! -d /var/log/{{name}} ]; then \
+		sudo mkdir /var/log/{{name}}; \
+		sudo chown -R ${USER} /var/log/{{name}}; \
+	fi
 bootstrap: venv requirements
 bootstrap-dev: REQUIREMENTS += -r requirements-dev.txt
-bootstrap-dev: venv requirements
+bootstrap-dev: venv requirements logdir
 install: bootstrap
 	$(PYTHON) setup.py -q install
 uninstall: bootstrap
@@ -49,7 +54,7 @@ wheel: bootstrap-dev
 	$(PIP) wheel -w wheelhouse -f https://emacsos.com/python/packages/ $(REQUIREMENTS)
 
 check: just-test
-sanity-check:
+sanity-check: bootstrap
 	$(PYTHON) {{name}}/sanity_check.py
 check-coding-style: bootstrap-dev
 	$(PEP8) $(PYTHON_MODULES)