diff --git a/gpii/node_modules/settingsHandlers/src/settingsHandlerUtilities.js b/gpii/node_modules/settingsHandlers/src/settingsHandlerUtilities.js
index d00a0575b..041be80e2 100644
--- a/gpii/node_modules/settingsHandlers/src/settingsHandlerUtilities.js
+++ b/gpii/node_modules/settingsHandlers/src/settingsHandlerUtilities.js
@@ -338,6 +338,11 @@ gpii.settingsHandlers.writeFile = function (content, options) {
 gpii.settingsHandlers.handleFileSolutionEntry = function (solutionEntry, modifier, parser, isWrite) {
     var options = solutionEntry.options;
 
+    //create empty file, if file does not exist
+    if (!fs.existsSync(options.filename)) {
+        gpii.settingsHandlers.writeFile("", options);
+    }
+    
     if (options && (options.path || options.filename)) {
         // read file
         var content = gpii.settingsHandlers.readFile(options);
@@ -377,4 +382,4 @@ gpii.settingsHandlers.makeFileSet = function (parser) {
         return gpii.settingsHandlers.transformFilePayload(payload, gpii.settingsHandlers.setSettings, parser, true);
     };
 };
-
+ 
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