diff --git a/webtools/graph/startup/collect.cgi b/webtools/graph/startup/collect.cgi
index 3e8529808fa..730aa3ecaf1 100755
--- a/webtools/graph/startup/collect.cgi
+++ b/webtools/graph/startup/collect.cgi
@@ -39,9 +39,14 @@ die "No 'value' parameter supplied"
 die "No 'data' parameter supplied" 
      unless $data;
 
+# If file doesn't exist, try creating empty file.
+unless (-f "db/$tbox") {
+  open(FILE, "> db/$tbox") || die "Can't create new file db/$tbox: $!";
+}
+
 # record data
 open(FILE, ">> db/$tbox") ||
-     die "Can't open $tbox: $!";
+     die "Can't open db/$tbox: $!";
 print FILE "$time\t$value\t$data\t$ip\t$tbox\t$ua\n";     
 close(FILE);