diff --git a/cmd/pttodo-cli/cli.go b/cmd/pttodo-cli/cli.go
index 2c87eaa..99a000d 100644
--- a/cmd/pttodo-cli/cli.go
+++ b/cmd/pttodo-cli/cli.go
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ func edit(dry bool, filepaths []string) error {
 			return err
 		}
 		outputPath := target
-		if info, _ := os.Stat(target); info.ModTime() != lastModified[target] {
+		if info, _ := os.Stat(target); info != nil && info.ModTime() != lastModified[target] {
 			outputPath = fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s.%s", outputPath, uuid.New().String(), path.Ext(outputPath))
 		}
 		if err := ioutil.WriteFile(outputPath, c, os.ModePerm); err != nil {