diff --git a/create.cgi b/create.cgi
index 2e4e8d5..59eb0b0 100755
--- a/create.cgi
+++ b/create.cgi
@@ -104,7 +104,8 @@ END
 fi
 
 ln -sf $id.txt tweets.txt
-sed -e "s,TIMESTAMP,$(date)," ../../greptweet.appcache  > greptweet.appcache
+test -h greptweet.appcache && rm -f greptweet.appcache
+sed -e "s,TIMESTAMP,$(date)," ../../greptweet.appcache > greptweet.appcache
 
 else
 	rm -rf $oldpwd/u/$id
diff --git a/fetch-tweets.sh b/fetch-tweets.sh
index cf8f99b..2b0e76d 100755
--- a/fetch-tweets.sh
+++ b/fetch-tweets.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # vim: set ts=4 sw=4
 
-
 umask 002
 api="http://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/user_timeline.xml?"