diff --git a/02_activities/assignments/assignment.sh b/02_activities/assignments/assignment.sh
index 41bb11200..081a3cf37 100644
--- a/02_activities/assignments/assignment.sh
+++ b/02_activities/assignments/assignment.sh
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ rm  data/processed/user_logs/user_ipaddr_*
 
 
 # 8. Create a file named ./data/inventory.txt that lists all the files in the subfolders of ./data/processed
+touch data/inventory.txt
 ls data/processed/user_logs >inventory.txt
 ls data/processed/server_logs >>inventory.txt
 ls data/processed/event_logs >>inventory.txt