diff --git a/src/scripts/logtail.sh b/src/scripts/logtail.sh
index 399a231d5..15c3ada5c 100755
--- a/src/scripts/logtail.sh
+++ b/src/scripts/logtail.sh
@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@ while true; do
 done
 
 # first sort the existing log lines
-tail --quiet --lines=${lines} -- "$@"  | sort -k1
+tail --quiet --lines=${lines} -- "$@"  | sort -k1 || true # ignore error if files are missing
 
-exec tail ${follow} --lines=0 "$@"
\ No newline at end of file
+exec tail ${follow} --lines=0 "$@"