diff --git a/.github/workflows/catkin_build.yml b/.github/workflows/catkin_build.yml
index 064a963..a3dcba7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/catkin_build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/catkin_build.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ jobs:
       # 1. Install basic requirements
       - run: apt-get update && apt-get install -y git
       - run: if [[ "$ROS_DISTRO" = "noetic" ]] ;  then apt-get install -y python3-pip ros-noetic-catkin python3-catkin-tools ; fi
+      - run: pip install setuptools==68.0.0 importlib-metadata==8.2.0 # hack because there is an issue on >=71.0.0 https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/issues/4478
 
       # 2. Checkout repo with submodules
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 21e8191..6018e37 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -9,7 +9,12 @@ WORKDIR /catkin_ws/src/uav_hitl_simulator
 # 1. Install basic requirements
 RUN apt-get update                                                              &&  \
     apt-get upgrade -y                                                          &&  \
-    apt-get install -y  git ros-$ROS_DISTRO-catkin python3-pip python3-catkin-tools
+    apt-get install -y  git ros-$ROS_DISTRO-catkin python3-pip
+
+# hack because there is an issue on >=71.0.0 https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/issues/4478
+RUN pip install setuptools==68.0.0 importlib-metadata==8.2.0
+RUN apt-get install -y python3-catkin-tools
+
 RUN if [[ "$ROS_DISTRO" = "melodic" ]] ; then apt-get install -y python-pip python-catkin-tools ; fi
 
 # 2. Install requirements
diff --git a/scripts/sim.py b/scripts/sim.py
index 1b4d1de..b520c21 100755
--- a/scripts/sim.py
+++ b/scripts/sim.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import logging
 import datetime
 from typing import Optional
+from pathlib import Path
 
 from argparse import ArgumentParser, RawTextHelpFormatter
 from configurator import configure
@@ -30,7 +31,8 @@
 VEHICLES_DIR = os.path.join(REPO_DIR, "configs", "vehicles")
 BINARY_OUTPUT_PATH = os.path.join(REPO_DIR, "firmware.bin")
 LOG_FILENAME = f"log_{datetime.datetime.now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S')}.log"
-LOG_PATH = os.path.join(REPO_DIR, "logs", LOG_FILENAME)
+LOGS_DIR = os.path.join(REPO_DIR, "logs")
+LOG_PATH = os.path.join(LOGS_DIR, LOG_FILENAME)
 
 COMMANDS = [
     SimCommand(name="build", alias='b', mode=None, info="Build the Docker image"),
@@ -107,6 +109,7 @@ def process(self, command: Optional[str]) -> None:
 
 
 def main():
+    Path(LOGS_DIR).mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
     logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG,
                         format='%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s',
                         filename=LOG_PATH,