diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/AbstractHTMLRipper.java b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/AbstractHTMLRipper.java
index 638af188..856d32f5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/AbstractHTMLRipper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/AbstractHTMLRipper.java
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractHTMLRipper extends AbstractRipper {
             Path urlFile = Paths.get(this.workingDir + "/urls.txt");
             String text = url.toExternalForm() + System.lineSeparator();
             try {
-                Files.write(urlFile, text.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8), StandardOpenOption.APPEND);
+                Files.write(urlFile, text.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8), StandardOpenOption.CREATE, StandardOpenOption.APPEND);
                 itemsCompleted.put(url, urlFile);
             } catch (IOException e) {
                 LOGGER.error("Error while writing to " + urlFile, e);
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/AbstractJSONRipper.java b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/AbstractJSONRipper.java
index 47a13717..523a8ab8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/AbstractJSONRipper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/AbstractJSONRipper.java
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractJSONRipper extends AbstractRipper {
             Path urlFile = Paths.get(this.workingDir + "/urls.txt");
             String text = url.toExternalForm() + System.lineSeparator();
             try {
-                Files.write(urlFile, text.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8), StandardOpenOption.APPEND);
+                Files.write(urlFile, text.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8), StandardOpenOption.CREATE, StandardOpenOption.APPEND);
                 itemsCompleted.put(url, urlFile);
             } catch (IOException e) {
                 LOGGER.error("Error while writing to " + urlFile, e);
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/AlbumRipper.java b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/AlbumRipper.java
index e0874cd2..c8efdb32 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/AlbumRipper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/AlbumRipper.java
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ public abstract class AlbumRipper extends AbstractRipper {
             Path urlFile = Paths.get(this.workingDir + "/urls.txt");
             String text = url.toExternalForm() + System.lineSeparator();
             try {
-                Files.write(urlFile, text.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8), StandardOpenOption.APPEND);
+                Files.write(urlFile, text.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8), StandardOpenOption.CREATE, StandardOpenOption.APPEND);
                 itemsCompleted.put(url, urlFile);
             } catch (IOException e) {
                 LOGGER.error("Error while writing to " + urlFile, e);