diff --git a/src/vmm_mad/remotes/kvm/save b/src/vmm_mad/remotes/kvm/save
index 94cd276dc7..c6f996dc22 100755
--- a/src/vmm_mad/remotes/kvm/save
+++ b/src/vmm_mad/remotes/kvm/save
@@ -21,4 +21,9 @@ source $(dirname $0)/kvmrc
 deploy_id=$1
 file=$2
 
+if [ ! -f $file ]; then
+    touch $file
+    chmod 666 $file
+fi
+
 virsh --connect $LIBVIRT_URI save $deploy_id $file