diff --git a/cube/cube-builder/src/crovl_builder_increment.cpp b/cube/cube-builder/src/crovl_builder_increment.cpp
index 69732071ceee8d717682880229f56fa033d4165d..44ec01f90f87b3c87d01ed7d3b7ccedf19d50a9c 100644
--- a/cube/cube-builder/src/crovl_builder_increment.cpp
+++ b/cube/cube-builder/src/crovl_builder_increment.cpp
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ bool CROVLBuilderIncremental::flush_data() {
   char file[MAX_DATA_DIR_LEN * 2];
   snprintf(file, sizeof(file), "%s/data.%lu", _data_dir, _data_file);
   FILE *fp;
-  if ((fp = fopen(file, "wb")) == NULL) {
+  if ((fp = fopen(file, "ab")) == NULL) {
     LOG(ERROR) << "open file failed! " << file;
     return false;
   }
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ bool CROVLBuilderIncremental::FlushIndex() {
   char file[MAX_DATA_DIR_LEN * 2];
   snprintf(file, sizeof(file), "%s/index.%d", _data_dir, _index_file_num);
   FILE *fp;
-  if ((fp = fopen(file, "wb")) == NULL) {
+  if ((fp = fopen(file, "ab")) == NULL) {
     LOG(ERROR) << "open file failed! " << file;
     return false;
   }