diff --git a/computechecksums.sh b/computechecksums.sh
index b0eae9e..b8fa378 100644
--- a/computechecksums.sh
+++ b/computechecksums.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 FILE="$1"
 
 if [ -f "./checksums.txt" ]; then
-truncate ./checksums.txt
+truncate -s0 ./checksums.txt
 else
 touch ./checksums.txt
 fi