diff --git a/gancioff b/gancioff
index a4b5a02..6dc15b8 100755
--- a/gancioff
+++ b/gancioff
@@ -301,23 +301,24 @@ if (file_exists($conf['state_file_absolute_path'])) {
 	if (!is_readable($conf['state_file_absolute_path'])) dieYoung("Error: «{$conf['state_file_absolute_path']}» exists but it’s not readable.\n",1);
 	if (!is_writeable($conf['state_file_absolute_path'])) dieYoung("Error: «{$conf['state_file_absolute_path']}» exists but it’s not writable.\n",1);
 	$guids=[];
-	$buff=file($conf['state_file_absolute_path'],FILE_IGNORE_NEW_LINES|FILE_SKIP_EMPTY_LINES);
+	$buff=file($conf['state_file_absolute_path'],);
 	$graceTime=365*24*60*60;
 	$graceLine=time()-$graceTime;
 	$i=0;
-	$fh=fopen($conf['state_file_absolute_path'],'w');
+	$buff=file($conf['state_file_absolute_path'],FILE_IGNORE_NEW_LINES);
 	foreach ($buff as $key=>$val) {
 		if (preg_match('#^(\d+)\t([a-z0-9]{64})\t(\S+)$#',$val,$matches)===1) {
-			if ($matches[1]+0>=$graceLine) {
-				fwrite($fh,"{$matches[1]}\t{$matches[2]}\t{$matches[3]}\n");
+			if ($matches[1]+0>=$graceLine)
 				$guids[$matches[3]]=['timestamp'=>$matches[1], 'hash'=>$matches[2]];
-			} else {
+			else
 				$i++;
-			}
 		} else {
-			fwrite(STDERR,"Warning: in state file «{$conf['state_file_absolute_path']}», line ".($key+1)." had unexpected format.\n");
+			dieYoung("Error: in state file «{$conf['state_file_absolute_path']}», line ".($key+1)." has unexpected format.\n",1);
 		}
 	}
+	$fh=fopen($conf['state_file_absolute_path'],'w');
+	foreach ($guids as $key=>$val)
+		fwrite($fh,"{$val['timestamp']}\t{$val['hash']}\t{$key}\n");
 	fclose($fh);
 	vecho($opts['verbose'],'Info: got '.count($guids)." GUID(s) for already posted event(s) from state file «{$conf['state_file_absolute_path']}»; removed {$i} line(s) older than one year.\n");
 } elseif (is_null($opts['do-post']) && !$opts['test']) {