diff --git a/bmc/firmware-handler/firmware_handler.cpp b/bmc/firmware-handler/firmware_handler.cpp
index d71cc9f..f5f1023 100644
--- a/bmc/firmware-handler/firmware_handler.cpp
+++ b/bmc/firmware-handler/firmware_handler.cpp
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@
     }
 
     /* Ok, so we found a handler that matched, so call open() */
-    if (!h->handler->open(path))
+    if (!h->handler->open(path, std::ios::out))
     {
         return false;
     }