diff --git a/scripts/start-firehose.sh b/scripts/start-firehose.sh
index dd46934..01c9938 100644
--- a/scripts/start-firehose.sh
+++ b/scripts/start-firehose.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 echo > /config/urls.txt
 echo > /config/hosts
+echo > /config/hashtag-urls.txt
 
 # Get federated hosts and begin to stream them
 cat /config/domains-federated | grep -v "##" | while read -r line