diff --git a/commands/custom.js b/commands/custom.js
index adcf54b..56881aa 100644
--- a/commands/custom.js
+++ b/commands/custom.js
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ module.exports = {
 			   "<prefix>custom list - list all custom commands"				
 ],
 	execute({message, args, client}) {
+		const customPath = './data/customCommands.json';
+		if(!fs.existsSync(customPath)){
+			fs.writeFileSync(customPath,"[]")
+		}
 		let sendText;
 		if (args){
 			let customName = args[1];
diff --git a/util/addCustomCommand.js b/util/addCustomCommand.js
index 17fefe7..c25bd7c 100644
--- a/util/addCustomCommand.js
+++ b/util/addCustomCommand.js
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@ const fs = require('fs');
 module.exports = function(customName, customMessage, author){
 	let sendText;
 	const customPath = './data/customCommands.json';
-	if(!fs.existsSync(customPath)){
-		fs.writeFileSync(customPath,"[]")
-	}
 
 	let json = fs.readFileSync(customPath, 'utf8');
 	let customCommands = JSON.parse(json)