diff --git a/generate-rules.py b/generate-rules.py
index b51f043..daab4ef 100755
--- a/generate-rules.py
+++ b/generate-rules.py
@@ -23,4 +23,5 @@ htaccessText += '\n\n'
 print(htaccessText)
 
 htaccess_file = open('htaccess.txt', 'a')
-htaccess_file.write = htaccessText
\ No newline at end of file
+htaccess_file.write(htaccessText)
+htaccess_file.close()
\ No newline at end of file