diff --git a/src/main/java/net/knarcraft/minecraftserverlauncher/server/ServerVersionContainer.java b/src/main/java/net/knarcraft/minecraftserverlauncher/server/ServerVersionContainer.java
index 7d31d0e..d0ed61f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/knarcraft/minecraftserverlauncher/server/ServerVersionContainer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/knarcraft/minecraftserverlauncher/server/ServerVersionContainer.java
@@ -88,12 +88,18 @@ public class ServerVersionContainer implements java.io.Serializable {
      * Tries to save the state of this server version container
      */
     public void saveState() {
+        File saveFile = new File(versionFile);
         PrintWriter file;
         try {
+            if (!saveFile.exists()) {
+                if (!saveFile.createNewFile()) {
+                    throw new FileNotFoundException("Unable to create version file");
+                }
+            }
             file = new PrintWriter(versionFile);
             file.println(this.toString());
             file.close();
-        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
+        } catch (IOException e) {
             e.printStackTrace();
         }
     }