diff --git a/chip.sh b/chip.sh
index 014f017..64ed452 100755
--- a/chip.sh
+++ b/chip.sh
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ rm /tmp/chiptemp
 
 core_modules=($(docker run --rm -v "${PWD}":/workdir mikefarah/yq '.* | key + ":" + .' core-modules.yaml))
 
+# If setup.env does not exist, create an empty setup.env
+[ -f setup.env ] || touch setup.env
 > setup.env
 for module in ${modules[@]}; do
     name=${module%%:*}
@@ -101,4 +103,4 @@ case $1 in
     echo "Please use either 'build', 'start', 'stop', 'clean', 'config', 'list', 'auto-completion', or call without args to generate the necessary configuration without doing anything else."
     echo "Add space-separated module names afterwards to perform the operation for specific modules."
     ;;
-esac
\ No newline at end of file
+esac