diff --git a/src/FindFile.h b/src/FindFile.h
index 2244ea14b..44780dc33 100644
--- a/src/FindFile.h
+++ b/src/FindFile.h
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ FILE*	OpenGameFile(const std::string& path, const char *mode);
 FILE*	OpenAbsFile(const std::string& path, const char *mode);
 
 bool OpenGameFileR(std::ifstream& f, const std::string& path, std::ios_base::openmode mode = std::ios_base::in);
-bool OpenGameFileW(std::ofstream& f, const std::string& path, std::ios_base::openmode mode = std::ios_base::in);
+bool OpenGameFileW(std::ofstream& f, const std::string& path, std::ios_base::openmode mode = std::ios_base::out);
 
 
 std::string GetFileContents(const std::string& path, bool absolute = false);