diff --git a/master.py b/master.py
index 73dd744..653f780 100644
--- a/master.py
+++ b/master.py
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ def is_package_failed(package: str, ver: LegacyVersion, repo: str):
 
         if s[0] == package:
             if ver > LegacyVersion(s[1]):
-                with failed_l, open(os.path.join(config["basedir"]["repo"], repo + "_failed.txt")) as f:
+                with failed_l, open(os.path.join(config["basedir"]["repo"], repo + "_failed.txt"), "r+") as f:
                     d = f.readlines()
                     f.seek(0)
                     f.truncate()
diff --git a/utils.py b/utils.py
index 4a720aa..8841928 100644
--- a/utils.py
+++ b/utils.py
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ def increase_pkgrel(pkgbuild_file: str, parsed: dict = None) -> None:
         parsed = parse_pkgbuild(pkgbuild_file)
     with open(pkgbuild_file, "r+", errors='ignore') as p:
         pkgbuild_str = p.read()
-        p.truncate(0)
         p.seek(0)
+        p.truncate(0)
 
         pkgbuild_str = regex_pkgrel.sub("pkgrel=" + parsed["pkgrel"] + ".1", pkgbuild_str)
         p.write(pkgbuild_str)