diff --git a/src/Handler.php b/src/Handler.php
index dcbe82a16cee9947dee7d7ce83d8b9b33735c0a4..3e7d82f6d15fbc4ce801e72f375c680f7838ee99 100644
--- a/src/Handler.php
+++ b/src/Handler.php
@@ -447,7 +447,9 @@ class Handler extends BaseHandler {
         if (empty($def['add2git'])) {
           $this->gitIgnore($filename);
         }
-        $fs->chmod($file, 0664);
+        if (file_exists($file)) {
+          $fs->chmod($file, 0664);
+        }
         file_put_contents($file, $rendered);
         if (empty($def['add2git'])) {
           $fs->chmod($file, 0444);