diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/extensions/BufferedWriter.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/extensions/BufferedWriter.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..195484320
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/extensions/BufferedWriter.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package com.simplemobiletools.calendar.extensions
+
+import java.io.BufferedWriter
+
+fun BufferedWriter.writeLn(line: String) {
+    write(line)
+    newLine()
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/helpers/Constants.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/helpers/Constants.kt
index cdf387b87..ac7b96fdc 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/helpers/Constants.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/helpers/Constants.kt
@@ -50,8 +50,10 @@ val letterIDs = intArrayOf(R.string.sunday_letter, R.string.monday_letter, R.str
 val FLAG_ALL_DAY = 1
 
 // constants related to ICS file exporting / importing
+val BEGIN_CALENDAR = "BEGIN:VCALENDAR"
+val END_CALENDAR = "END:VCALENDAR"
 val BEGIN_EVENT = "BEGIN:VEVENT"
-val END = "END:VEVENT"
+val END_EVENT = "END:VEVENT"
 val DTSTART = "DTSTART"
 val DTEND = "DTEND"
 val DURATION = "DURATION:"
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/helpers/IcsExporter.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/helpers/IcsExporter.kt
index 6c0dbab1b..fb9bd2e82 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/helpers/IcsExporter.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/helpers/IcsExporter.kt
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 package com.simplemobiletools.calendar.helpers
 
 import android.content.Context
+import com.simplemobiletools.calendar.extensions.writeLn
 import com.simplemobiletools.calendar.helpers.IcsExporter.ExportResult.*
+import java.io.File
 
 class IcsExporter {
     enum class ExportResult {
@@ -12,6 +14,10 @@ class IcsExporter {
     var eventsFailed = 0
 
     fun exportEvents(context: Context, path: String): ExportResult {
+        File(path, "events_${System.currentTimeMillis() / 1000}.ics").bufferedWriter().use { out ->
+            out.writeLn(BEGIN_CALENDAR)
+            out.writeLn(END_CALENDAR)
+        }
 
         return if (eventsExported == 0) {
             EXPORT_FAIL
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/helpers/IcsImporter.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/helpers/IcsImporter.kt
index c8a5710b8..1f5179646 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/helpers/IcsImporter.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/helpers/IcsImporter.kt
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class IcsImporter {
                     } else if (line.startsWith(CATEGORIES)) {
                         val categories = line.substring(CATEGORIES.length)
                         tryAddCategories(categories, context)
-                    } else if (line == END) {
+                    } else if (line == END_EVENT) {
                         if (curTitle.isEmpty() || curStart == -1 || curEnd == -1 || importIDs.contains(curImportId))
                             continue