diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8b2fe56..02d6b0e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 node_modules
 driver.txt
 drivers.json
+stats.json
 .idea
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index e39bbb8..7b6348c 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -83,8 +83,13 @@ schedule.scheduleJob("0 0 * * *", async () => {
             throw "Ergast API is unreachable and the drivers.json cache has not been built. Please try again when the Ergast API is online."
         }
     })
-    let rawStatsFile = fs.readFileSync(statsPath)
-    let statsFile = JSON.parse(rawStatsFile)
+    let statsFile
+    if (fs.existsSync(statsPath)) {
+        let rawStatsFile = fs.readFileSync(statsPath)
+        statsFile = JSON.parse(rawStatsFile)
+    } else {
+        statsFile = {}
+    }
     let date = dayjs.format("YYYY-MM-DD")
     statsFile[date] = stats
     let newStatsFile = JSON.stringify(statsFile)