diff --git a/site-updater.sh b/site-updater.sh
index d062aeee3b7c09da7b90ed05cd978fb78405d85d..b47aec5844cf4361edba1bfa9f339232b2a7b9b4 100755
--- a/site-updater.sh
+++ b/site-updater.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ cd $(dirname $0)
 . ./etc/update.vars
 [ -f ./etc/update.vars.custom ] && . ./etc/update.vars.custom
 
+[ ! -f $TOUCHFILE ] && touch $TOUCHFILE
+
 TMP=$(mktemp XXXXXXXXXX)
 trap 'rm -f $TMP;exit' 0 1 2 15