diff --git a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Pipeline/Flatfile/DumpFile.pm b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Pipeline/Flatfile/DumpFile.pm
index dc78deadfd0b7532d2cc674a4b0af661bfc45aae..c22f8b1b039649ca859470cab35b4bfff04295d0 100644
--- a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Pipeline/Flatfile/DumpFile.pm
+++ b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Pipeline/Flatfile/DumpFile.pm
@@ -131,6 +131,8 @@ sub run {
     }, $args);
   }
   
+  $self->_create_README();
+  
   return;
 }