diff --git a/log.cc b/log.cc
index 389ebbc..2dab293 100644
--- a/log.cc
+++ b/log.cc
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #include <fstream>
 
+#include <ios>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+
 #include "public.h"
 #include "log.h"
 
@@ -27,10 +30,16 @@ int
 writeToFile(string path, string line, bool incLineNum)
 {
 	ofstream file;
-	file.open(path, ios_base::app); // open the file in append mode
+
+	/*
+	 * Hopefully this fixes the program messing up where the server/client
+	 * doesn't start if the file wasn't created by a previous session.
+	 */
+	file.open(path, ios_base::out|ios_base::app);
 
 	if (file.is_open()) {
 		file << line << endl;
+		file.close();
 		// this probably would help but theres too much broken stuff
 		// right now to be sure if (incLineNum)
 		//{