diff --git a/src/cal_tools/tools.py b/src/cal_tools/tools.py
index 4613e111fcc3e2036a636ad26eaeb4fa8c23e608..94d5e4a760bd6bc17862d8f05283cb0dd871f077 100644
--- a/src/cal_tools/tools.py
+++ b/src/cal_tools/tools.py
@@ -789,6 +789,10 @@ class CalibrationMetadata(dict):
             else:
                 print(f"Warning: existing {self._yaml_fn} is malformed, "
                       "will be overwritten")
+        else:
+            # TODO: update after resolving this discussion
+            # https://git.xfel.eu/detectors/pycalibration/-/merge_requests/624
+            self.save()
 
     def save(self):
         with self._yaml_fn.open("w") as fd: