diff --git a/app/data/updaters/FestivalUpdater.mjs b/app/data/updaters/FestivalUpdater.mjs
index f2a5da6..8d22ecf 100644
--- a/app/data/updaters/FestivalUpdater.mjs
+++ b/app/data/updaters/FestivalUpdater.mjs
@@ -137,15 +137,13 @@ export default class FestivalUpdater extends DataUpdater
 
   async _formatDataForWrite(data) {
     // Combine this region's data with the other regions' data.
-    let result = null;
+    let result = {};
     try {
-      result = await fs.readFile(this.getPath(this.filename));
-    } catch (e) {
+      result = JSON.parse(await fs.readFile(this.getPath(this.filename)));
+    } catch {
       //
     }
 
-    result = result ? JSON.parse(result) : {};
-
     result[this.region] = data;
 
     return super.formatDataForWrite(result);