diff --git a/dga/dga.go b/dga/dga.go
index 5a75336..069236a 100644
--- a/dga/dga.go
+++ b/dga/dga.go
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ func ActionsOpenEnvFile(cfg *Config) (*os.File, error) {
 		pterm.Info.Printfln("envFileName permission: %#o", fi.Mode().Perm())
 	}
 
-	envFile, err = os.OpenFile(envFileName, os.O_APPEND|os.O_WRONLY, os.FileMode(0o644)) //nolint:nosnakecase // these are standard package values and ok to leave snakecase.
+	envFile, err = os.OpenFile(envFileName, os.O_APPEND|os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY, 0o644) //nolint:nosnakecase // these are standard package values and ok to leave snakecase.
 	if errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
 		// See if we can provide some useful info on the existing permissions.