diff --git a/source/de/anomic/kelondro/kelondroFileRA.java b/source/de/anomic/kelondro/kelondroFileRA.java
index 3b4b569cc..98c4e4722 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/kelondro/kelondroFileRA.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/kelondro/kelondroFileRA.java
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public final class kelondroFileRA extends kelondroAbstractRA implements kelondro
 
     public kelondroFileRA(File file) throws IOException, FileNotFoundException {
         this.name = file.getName();
-        RAFile = new RandomAccessFile(file, "rwd");
+        RAFile = new RandomAccessFile(file, "rw");
     }	
     
     public long length() throws IOException {