diff --git a/log.cc b/log.cc
index 74071e1..5e02198 100644
--- a/log.cc
+++ b/log.cc
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-#include <fstream>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
 
+#include <fstream>
 #include <ios>
 
-#include "public.h"
 #include "log.h"
+#include "public.h"
 
 // gets the number of lines in a file. returns -1 if there was an error.
 int
@@ -29,21 +30,24 @@ int
 writeToFile(string path, string line, bool incLineNum)
 {
 	ofstream file;
+	struct stat s;
 
 	/*
-	 * Hopefully this fixes the program messing up where the server/client
-	 * doesn't start if the file wasn't created by a previous session.
+	 * It APPEARS this fixes our problem where the program has to be run twice to work correctly.
 	 */
-	file.open(path, ios_base::out|ios_base::app);
+	if (stat(path.c_str(), &s) != 0) {
+		file.open(path, ios_base::out);
+		file << "SYSTEM: No log file found. Created a new one." << endl;
+		file.close();
+		linePos += 5; /* This seems to be what actually fixes everything. Not sure. */
+	}
+
+	file.open(path, 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)
-		//{
-		//     linePos++;
-		// }
+		//linePos++ // We might also want this here at some point?
 		return 0;
 	} else {
 		// do something if it didn't work