diff --git a/tools/arkmanager b/tools/arkmanager
index f3d7e7b..1529c7c 100644
--- a/tools/arkmanager
+++ b/tools/arkmanager
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ thejob=""
 update=1
 timestamp=$( date +%T )
 cd $arkserverroot
+touch arkversion # If the file doesn't exist
 instver=`cat "arkversion"`
 cd $steamcmdroot
 bnumber=`./$steamcmdexec +login anonymous +app_info_print "376030" +quit | grep -EA 5 "^\s+\"public\"$" | grep -E "^\s+\"buildid\"\s+" | tr '[:blank:]"' ' ' | tr -s ' ' | cut -f3 | sed 's/^ //' | cut -c9-14`