diff --git a/piker/accounting/_pos.py b/piker/accounting/_pos.py
index f94722d0..90391142 100644
--- a/piker/accounting/_pos.py
+++ b/piker/accounting/_pos.py
@@ -737,6 +737,7 @@ class PpTable(Struct):
         config.write(
             config=self.conf,
             path=self.conf_path,
+            fail_empty=False,
         )