diff --git a/src/base/search/searchpluginmanager.cpp b/src/base/search/searchpluginmanager.cpp
index 7815e441a..cb597a9dc 100644
--- a/src/base/search/searchpluginmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/base/search/searchpluginmanager.cpp
@@ -513,14 +513,14 @@ void SearchPluginManager::updateNova()
     const Path enginePath = engineLocation();
 
     QFile packageFile {(enginePath / Path(u"__init__.py"_s)).data()};
-    packageFile.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly);
-    packageFile.close();
+    if (packageFile.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly))
+        packageFile.close();
 
     Utils::Fs::mkdir(enginePath / Path(u"engines"_s));
 
     QFile packageFile2 {(enginePath / Path(u"engines/__init__.py"_s)).data()};
-    packageFile2.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly);
-    packageFile2.close();
+    if (packageFile2.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly))
+        packageFile2.close();
 
     // Copy search plugin files (if necessary)
     const auto updateFile = [&enginePath](const Path &filename)