diff --git a/source/net/filebot/cli/ScriptShellMethods.java b/source/net/filebot/cli/ScriptShellMethods.java
index 506e8f57..41566c12 100644
--- a/source/net/filebot/cli/ScriptShellMethods.java
+++ b/source/net/filebot/cli/ScriptShellMethods.java
@@ -243,6 +243,10 @@ public class ScriptShellMethods {
 		return FileUtilities.copyAs(self, new File(destination, self.getName()));
 	}
 
+	public static void createFileIfNotExists(File self) throws IOException {
+		FileUtilities.createFileIfNotExists(self);
+	}
+
 	public static File relativize(File self, File other) throws IOException {
 		return self.getCanonicalFile().toPath().relativize(other.getCanonicalFile().toPath()).toFile();
 	}
diff --git a/source/net/filebot/util/FileUtilities.java b/source/net/filebot/util/FileUtilities.java
index 8f93232c..ecbdc839 100644
--- a/source/net/filebot/util/FileUtilities.java
+++ b/source/net/filebot/util/FileUtilities.java
@@ -156,15 +156,12 @@ public final class FileUtilities {
 		return org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils.deleteQuietly(file);
 	}
 
-	public static File createFileIfNotExists(File file) throws IOException {
-		if (file.isFile()) {
-			return file;
+	public static void createFileIfNotExists(File file) throws IOException {
+		if (!file.isFile()) {
+			// create parent folder structure if necessary & create file
+			Files.createDirectories(file.getParentFile().toPath());
+			Files.createFile(file.toPath()).toFile();
 		}
-
-		// create parent folder structure if necessary
-		Files.createDirectories(file.getParentFile().toPath());
-		// create file
-		return Files.createFile(file.toPath()).toFile();
 	}
 
 	public static byte[] readFile(File source) throws IOException {