diff --git a/src/WakaTimeConfigFile.cs b/src/WakaTimeConfigFile.cs
index c92c8ff..befab6d 100644
--- a/src/WakaTimeConfigFile.cs
+++ b/src/WakaTimeConfigFile.cs
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ public static class WakaTimeConfigFile
         static WakaTimeConfigFile()
         {
             ConfigFilepath = GetConfigFilePath();
-            using(File.Create(ConfigFilepath)) {} // Create an empty config file
             ConfigParser = new ConfigParser(ConfigFilepath, new ConfigParserSettings
             {
                 MultiLineValues = MultiLineValues.Simple | MultiLineValues.QuoteDelimitedValues,