diff --git a/deps/ox/src/ox/fs/filesystem/directory.hpp b/deps/ox/src/ox/fs/filesystem/directory.hpp
index b60e812f..427e0f11 100644
--- a/deps/ox/src/ox/fs/filesystem/directory.hpp
+++ b/deps/ox/src/ox/fs/filesystem/directory.hpp
@@ -240,7 +240,6 @@ Error Directory<FileStore, InodeId_t>::write(PathIterator path, InodeId_t inode,
 			return OxError(1, "Could not allocate memory for copy of Directory");
 		}
 
-		// TODO: look for old version of this entry and delete it
 		oxReturnError(cpy->setSize(newSize));
 		auto val = cpy->malloc(entryDataSize).value;
 		if (!val.valid()) {
diff --git a/deps/ox/src/ox/fs/filesystem/filesystem.hpp b/deps/ox/src/ox/fs/filesystem/filesystem.hpp
index cddc7ba8..8af58dc1 100644
--- a/deps/ox/src/ox/fs/filesystem/filesystem.hpp
+++ b/deps/ox/src/ox/fs/filesystem/filesystem.hpp
@@ -333,9 +333,9 @@ Error FileSystemTemplate<FileStore, Directory>::write(const char *path, const vo
 	if (err) {
 		oxRequire(generatedId, m_fs.generateInodeId());
 		inode = generatedId;
+		oxRequireM(rootDir, this->rootDir());
+		oxReturnError(rootDir.write(path, inode));
 	}
-	oxRequireM(rootDir, this->rootDir());
-	oxReturnError(rootDir.write(path, inode));
 	oxReturnError(write(inode, buffer, size, fileType));
 	return OxError(0);
 }