diff --git a/direct/src/stdpy/file.py b/direct/src/stdpy/file.py
index 23ee991caa..ed6d7f40c0 100644
--- a/direct/src/stdpy/file.py
+++ b/direct/src/stdpy/file.py
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ class file:
             self.__reader = pm.StreamReader(self.__stream, False)
         if writeMode:
             self.__writer = pm.StreamWriter(self.__stream, False)
+            self.__lastWrite = True
 
     def __del__(self):
         self.close()