diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ab30af1..67dcf4b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ For building Android applications it is recommended to use the [android-libstorj
 
 ```Gradle
 dependencies {
-    compile 'io.storj:libstorj-java:0.6'
+    compile 'io.storj:libstorj-java:0.6.1'
 }
 ```
 
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@ dependencies {
 <dependency>
   <groupId>io.storj</groupId>
   <artifactId>libstorj-java</artifactId>
-  <version>0.6</version>
+  <version>0.6.1</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 5b30b1b..1fc1720 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ apply plugin: 'maven'
 apply plugin: 'maven-publish'
 
 group = 'io.storj'
-version = '0.6'
+version = '0.6.1'
 
 description = """Java bindings for libstorj"""
 
diff --git a/src/main/cpp/storj-java.cpp b/src/main/cpp/storj-java.cpp
index 821f50e..accc31a 100644
--- a/src/main/cpp/storj-java.cpp
+++ b/src/main/cpp/storj-java.cpp
@@ -866,7 +866,7 @@ Java_io_storj_libstorj_Storj__1downloadFile(
         FILE *fd = NULL;
 
         if (path) {
-            fd = fopen(path, "w");
+            fd = fopen(path, "w+");
         }
 
         if (fd == NULL) {