diff --git a/backend/src/planetwars/mod.rs b/backend/src/planetwars/mod.rs
index f76666c..aad2c55 100644
--- a/backend/src/planetwars/mod.rs
+++ b/backend/src/planetwars/mod.rs
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ impl game::Controller for PlanetWarsGame {
     fn is_done(&mut self) -> bool {
         if self.state.is_finished() {
 
-            let mut f = match OpenOptions::new().append(true).open("games.ini") { Err(_) => return true, Ok(f) => f };
+            let mut f = match OpenOptions::new().create(true).append(true).open("games.ini") { Err(_) => return true, Ok(f) => f };
 
             let mut conf = Ini::new();
             conf.with_section(Some(self.log_file_loc.clone()))
diff --git a/backend/src/util.rs b/backend/src/util.rs
index c21e921..b3fe487 100644
--- a/backend/src/util.rs
+++ b/backend/src/util.rs
@@ -99,7 +99,13 @@ use ini::Ini;
 pub async fn get_games() -> Result<Vec<GameOption>, String> {
     let mut games = Vec::new();
 
-    let content = fs::read_to_string("games.ini").await.map_err(|_| "IO error".to_string())?;
+    let content = match fs::read_to_string("games.ini").await {
+        Ok(v) => v,
+        Err(_) => {
+            fs::File::create("games.ini").await.map_err(|_| "IO Error".to_string())?;
+            String::new()
+        }
+    };
 
     let i = Ini::load_from_str(&content).map_err(|_| "Corrupt ini file".to_string())?;