diff --git a/v2/dedup/middleware.ts b/v2/dedup/middleware.ts
index 754fdba..6058a00 100644
--- a/v2/dedup/middleware.ts
+++ b/v2/dedup/middleware.ts
@@ -3,12 +3,23 @@ import { Request, Response, NextFunction } from "express";
 const fs = require('fs');
 const yaml = require('js-yaml');
 
+const filePath = 'dedupData.yaml';
+
 
 // middleware
 export default function middleware(
 
 ): (req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction) => void {
   // console.log("Inside middleware...");
+
+  // @ts-ignore
+  fs.access(filePath, fs.constants.F_OK, (err) => {
+    console.log(err ? 'File does not exist' : 'File exists');
+    if (err) {
+      // Create the file if it doesn't exist
+      fs.writeFileSync(filePath, '', 'utf-8');
+    }
+  });
   return (req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction) => {
     res.on("finish", () => {
 
@@ -33,7 +44,6 @@ export function afterMiddleware(req: Request, res: Response) {
     executedLinesByFile: executedLinesByFile
   };
 
-  const filePath = 'dedupData.yaml';
 
   let existingData = [];
 
@@ -42,7 +52,7 @@ export function afterMiddleware(req: Request, res: Response) {
     existingData = yaml.load(fileContent) || [];
   } catch (error) {
     // Handle the case where the file doesn't exist or is not valid YAML
-    // console.error("Error reading existing file:", error);
+    console.error("Error reading existing file:", error);
   }
 
 
@@ -66,7 +76,7 @@ export function afterMiddleware(req: Request, res: Response) {
 let count = 0;
 const executedLinebyEachTest = new Array();
 function GetCoverage() {
-  // console.log("Inside GetCoverage");
+  console.log("Inside GetCoverage");
   count++;
   let executedLinesByFile = {};
   // iterate over global.__coverage__
@@ -109,7 +119,7 @@ function GetCoverage() {
     // @ts-ignore
     executedLinebyEachTest.push({ ...hitCounts });
 
-    // console.log("Executed lines by file:", executedLinesByFile);
+    console.log("Executed lines by file:", executedLinesByFile);
     // extract s from the coverage data
   }
   return executedLinesByFile;