diff --git a/functions b/functions
index 91fdde7..e676afd 100755
--- a/functions
+++ b/functions
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@ service_create() {
   mkdir -p "$SERVICE_ROOT" || dokku_log_fail "Unable to create service directory"
   mkdir -p "$SERVICE_ROOT/data" || dokku_log_fail "Unable to create service data directory"
   mkdir -p "$SERVICE_ROOT/config" || dokku_log_fail "Unable to create service config directory"
+  touch "$LINKS_FILE"
   echo -e "[mysqld]\nperformance_schema = 0" > "$SERVICE_ROOT/config/disable_performance_schema.cnf"
   rootpassword=$(openssl rand -hex 8)
   password=$(openssl rand -hex 8)
   echo "$rootpassword" > "$SERVICE_ROOT/ROOTPASSWORD"
   echo "$password" > "$SERVICE_ROOT/PASSWORD"
   chmod 640 "$SERVICE_ROOT/ROOTPASSWORD" "$SERVICE_ROOT/PASSWORD"
-  touch "$LINKS_FILE"
 
   if [[ -n $MYSQL_CUSTOM_ENV ]]; then
     echo "$MYSQL_CUSTOM_ENV" | tr ';' "\n" > "$SERVICE_ROOT/ENV"