diff --git a/tokenStore.js b/tokenStore.js
index 684f4de..362924b 100644
--- a/tokenStore.js
+++ b/tokenStore.js
@@ -8,11 +8,10 @@ if (!fs.existsSync(dataDir)) {
   fs.mkdirSync(dataDir, { recursive: true });
 }
 
-if (!fs.existsSync(dataFile)) {
-  fs.writeFileSync(dataFile, "{}", "utf8");
-}
-
 function readStore() {
+  if (!fs.existsSync(dataFile)) {
+    fs.writeFileSync(dataFile, "{}", "utf8");
+  }
   return JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(dataFile, "utf8"));
 }