Rsyslog WorkDirectory error

Installing and Using OpenWrt
1

I am using the same config settings as this old thread (Remote logging iptables/rsyslogd) which are provided by loggly.
but I am getting the errors below, can anyone help?

$WorkDirectory: /var/log/spool can not be accessed, probably does not exist - directive ignored [v8.39.0 try http://www.rsyslog.com/e/2181 ]
error starting up disk queue, using pure in-memory mode [v8.39.0 try http://www.rsyslog.com/e/2036 ]
action-5-builtin:omfwd queue: error creating disk queue - giving up. [v8.39.0 try http://www.rsyslog.com/e/2036 ]
2

Does the directory exist?

3

nope, and when i create it manually the error goes away but no spool files are generated.

4

What puzzles me most is that rsyslog with root privileges and should be able to create any directories and spool files it needs but it doesn't, even when I add the "$CreateDirs on" setting to the config file.
any insight would be appreciated.