diff --git a/blogthon.cgi b/blogthon.cgi
index ce5e5c5..39b75e5 100755
--- a/blogthon.cgi
+++ b/blogthon.cgi
@@ -239,6 +239,9 @@ if options.tags:
                 for tag in taglist:
                     tagindex.append([tag.strip(), entry])
             content.close()
+        if not os.path.exist(os.path.join(entries_dir, "tags"), "w"):
+            tagfile = open(os.path.join(entries_dir, "tags"), "w")
+            tagfile.close()
         tagfile = open(os.path.join(entries_dir, "tags"), "w")
         pickle.dump(tagindex, tagfile)
         tagfile.close()