diff --git a/pavuk/src/tools.c b/pavuk/src/tools.c
index 4e97803..c457f24 100644
--- a/pavuk/src/tools.c
+++ b/pavuk/src/tools.c
@@ -1726,7 +1726,7 @@ int tl_save_text_file(char *filename, char *content, int length)
   if(length < 0)
     length = strlen(content);
 
-  if((fd = open(filename, O_WRONLY | O_BINARY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC), 0644) < 0)
+  if(fd = open(filename, O_WRONLY | O_BINARY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, 0644) < 0)
   {
     xperror(filename);
     return -1;