diff --git a/maestro-cli/src/main/java/maestro/cli/db/KeyValueStore.kt b/maestro-cli/src/main/java/maestro/cli/db/KeyValueStore.kt
index 49d68904bc..4998d499d8 100644
--- a/maestro-cli/src/main/java/maestro/cli/db/KeyValueStore.kt
+++ b/maestro-cli/src/main/java/maestro/cli/db/KeyValueStore.kt
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ import kotlin.concurrent.write
 class KeyValueStore(private val dbFile: File) {
     private val lock = ReentrantReadWriteLock()
 
+    init {
+        dbFile.createNewFile()
+    }
+
     fun get(key: String): String? = lock.read { getCurrentDB()[key] }
 
     fun set(key: String, value: String) = lock.write {
@@ -40,4 +44,4 @@ class KeyValueStore(private val dbFile: File) {
                 .joinToString("\n")
         )
     }
-}
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+}
diff --git a/maestro-cli/src/main/java/maestro/cli/session/SessionStore.kt b/maestro-cli/src/main/java/maestro/cli/session/SessionStore.kt
index 5c98052b83..7fabdd5655 100644
--- a/maestro-cli/src/main/java/maestro/cli/session/SessionStore.kt
+++ b/maestro-cli/src/main/java/maestro/cli/session/SessionStore.kt
@@ -9,12 +9,8 @@ object SessionStore {
 
     private val keyValueStore by lazy {
         KeyValueStore(
-            Paths
-                .get(
-                    System.getProperty("user.home"),
-                    ".maestro",
-                    "sessions"
-                )
+            dbFile = Paths
+                .get(System.getProperty("user.home"), ".maestro", "sessions")
                 .toFile()
                 .also { it.parentFile.mkdirs() }
         )
@@ -23,8 +19,8 @@ object SessionStore {
     fun heartbeat(sessionId: String, platform: Platform) {
         synchronized(keyValueStore) {
             keyValueStore.set(
-                key(sessionId, platform),
-                System.currentTimeMillis().toString()
+                key = key(sessionId, platform),
+                value = System.currentTimeMillis().toString(),
             )
 
             pruneInactiveSessions()
@@ -74,4 +70,4 @@ object SessionStore {
         return "${platform}_$sessionId"
     }
 
-}
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+}