diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Accounting.pm b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Accounting.pm
index 8d84244fb..22e1931cd 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Accounting.pm
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Accounting.pm
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ sub process_accounting_rule( ) {
 
 sub setup_accounting() {
 
-    if ( my $fn = open_file 'accounting' ) {
+    if ( my $fn = open_file 'accounting', 1, 1 ) {
 
 	first_entry "$doing $fn...";