diff --git a/src/vmm_mad/remotes/xen/save b/src/vmm_mad/remotes/xen/save
index 46c9c5237a..d28422c6bf 100755
--- a/src/vmm_mad/remotes/xen/save
+++ b/src/vmm_mad/remotes/xen/save
@@ -21,5 +21,7 @@ source $(dirname $0)/xenrc
 deploy_id=$1
 file=$2
 
+touch $file
+
 $XM_SAVE $deploy_id $file