diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c575d2b..90e4a84 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -159,4 +159,5 @@ config.json
 users
 !users/.gitkeep
 TASK.md
-inline_bot.py
\ No newline at end of file
+inline_bot.py
+data/applications.json
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/data/applications.json b/data/applications.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 9e26dfe..0000000
--- a/data/applications.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-{}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index f7c0977..faf39cc 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -20,6 +20,15 @@ pid = getpid()
 app = Client("holochecker", bot_token=configGet("bot_token", "bot"), api_id=configGet("api_id", "bot"), api_hash=configGet("api_hash", "bot"))
 
 
+for entry in [f"{configGet('data', 'locations')}{sep}applications.json"]:
+    mode = 'r' if path.exists(entry) else 'w'
+    with open(entry, mode) as f:
+        try:
+            f.write("{}")
+        except:
+            pass
+
+
 async def isAnAdmin(admin_id):
     if admin_id == configGet("owner") or admin_id in configGet("admins"):
         return True