diff --git a/apt_ostree/repo.py b/apt_ostree/repo.py
index 68d7858..5d43c4b 100644
--- a/apt_ostree/repo.py
+++ b/apt_ostree/repo.py
@@ -46,16 +46,20 @@ class Repo:
             sys.exit(1)
         else:
             self.logging.info("Creating reprepro configuration.")
-            config.write_text(
-                textwrap.dedent(f"""\
-                 Origin: {self.state.origin}
-                 Label: {self.label}
-                 Codename: {self.state.release}
-                 Architectures: amd64
-                 Components: {self.state.origin}
-                 Description: {self.description}
-                """)
-            )
+            try:
+                config.write_text(
+                    textwrap.dedent(f"""\
+                    Origin: {self.state.origin}
+                    Label: {self.label}
+                    Codename: {self.state.release}
+                    Architectures: amd64
+                    Components: {self.state.origin}
+                    Description: {self.description}
+                    """)
+                )
+            except Exception as e:
+                self.logging.error("Error writing distributions \
+                                    config file: %s" % str(e))
             options = self.repo.joinpath("options")
             if not options.exists():
                 options.write_text(