diff --git a/Application/StatusAbstract.php b/Application/StatusAbstract.php
index 6ec9aceb5..d318b9255 100644
--- a/Application/StatusAbstract.php
+++ b/Application/StatusAbstract.php
@@ -95,14 +95,14 @@ abstract class StatusAbstract
      */
     protected static function installRoutesHooks(string $destRoutePath, string $srcRoutePath) : void
     {
-        if (!\is_file($destRoutePath)) {
-            \file_put_contents($destRoutePath, '<?php return [];');
-        }
-
         if (!\is_file($srcRoutePath)) {
             return;
         }
 
+        if (!\is_file($destRoutePath)) {
+            \file_put_contents($destRoutePath, '<?php return [];');
+        }
+
         if (!\is_file($destRoutePath)) {
             throw new PathException($destRoutePath);
         }
diff --git a/Module/StatusAbstract.php b/Module/StatusAbstract.php
index 9c4893ff9..cc009161b 100644
--- a/Module/StatusAbstract.php
+++ b/Module/StatusAbstract.php
@@ -105,14 +105,14 @@ abstract class StatusAbstract
      */
     protected static function installRoutesHooks(string $destRoutePath, string $srcRoutePath) : void
     {
-        if (!\is_file($destRoutePath)) {
-            \file_put_contents($destRoutePath, '<?php return [];');
-        }
-
         if (!\is_file($srcRoutePath)) {
             return;
         }
 
+        if (!\is_file($destRoutePath)) {
+            \file_put_contents($destRoutePath, '<?php return [];');
+        }
+
         if (!\is_file($destRoutePath)) {
             throw new PathException($destRoutePath);
         }
diff --git a/tests/Module/ModuleAbstractTest.php b/tests/Module/ModuleAbstractTest.php
index cb7ac09cb..ea2fe2146 100644
--- a/tests/Module/ModuleAbstractTest.php
+++ b/tests/Module/ModuleAbstractTest.php
@@ -428,8 +428,10 @@ class ModuleAbstractTest extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase
         BaseModelMapper::clearCache();
 
         $model = BaseModelMapper::get(1);
-        self::assertCount(0, $model->hasManyRelations);
 
+        // count = 2 because the moduel automatically initializes 2 hasMany relationships in the __construct()
+        // This actually means that the delete was successful, otherwise the hasManyRelations would have been overwritten with 1 relation (see above before the delete)
+        self::assertCount(2, $model->hasManyRelations);
         $this->dbTeardown();
     }
 }