diff --git a/KludgeBox.VFS.Godot/GodotFileSystem.cs b/KludgeBox.VFS.Godot/GodotFileSystem.cs
index 555d8f7bd62f3cea343d110092f3a22bee280144..b96cde7fd5e17ea20af3a2681d0cf78f3c50a8fa 100644
--- a/KludgeBox.VFS.Godot/GodotFileSystem.cs
+++ b/KludgeBox.VFS.Godot/GodotFileSystem.cs
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ public class GodotFileSystem : FileSystem, IProxyFileSystem
 
     public override FsFile CreateFile(string path)
     {
-        FileAccess.Open(this.GetRealPath(path), FileAccess.ModeFlags.ReadWrite).Close();
+        FileAccess.Open(this.GetRealPath(path), FileAccess.ModeFlags.WriteRead).Close();
         return new FsFile(this, this.GetRealPath(path));
     }