diff --git a/conf.sh b/conf.sh
index 1bfa02c..91fa3e8 100644
--- a/conf.sh
+++ b/conf.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ if [ -z ${PHPMyadmin+x} ]; then echo 'Error $PHPMyadmin is not set, Setting defa
 
 rm -rf /etc/mysql/ /etc/my.cnf.d/ /etc/my.cnf
 mkdir /etc/mysql/
+touch /etc/mysql/my.cnf.fallback
 curl --retry 7 --retry-delay 5 -s "$mrepo"/raw/branch/"$mbranch"/config/MySQL/mysqld-V8.cnf -o /etc/mysql/my.cnf
 if [ "$shortdist" = "ubu1804" ] || [ "$shortdist" = "ubu2004" ] || [ "$shortdist" = "deb10" ] ; then
    MYSQLSNAME=mysql