diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5982423..2b6c328 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ All notable changes to this project are documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html) (as of version 1.2.0).
 
+## Unreleased
+
+### Fixed
+- Scraper stat file is not created empty (#211)
+
+
 ## [1.5.0] - 2023-08-23
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/zimit.py b/zimit.py
index 5349f5a..0ddbd27 100755
--- a/zimit.py
+++ b/zimit.py
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ class ProgressFileWatcher:
         # touch them all so inotify is not unhappy on add_watch
         self.crawl_path.touch()
         self.warc2zim_path.touch()
-        self.stats_path.touch()
         self.process = None
 
     def stop(self):