diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index f370d3f..60dfc96 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ pub async fn load() -> Config {
                 println!("configuration file doesn't exist, creating");
                 match tokio::fs::OpenOptions::new()
                     .write(true)
+                    .create(true)
                     .open(&config_file)
                     .await
                 {