diff --git a/compiler/src/userIntents_parser/parseUserIntents.ts b/compiler/src/userIntents_parser/parseUserIntents.ts
index b98525db19f0c73f9fe160f765661af2c512b5b0..35230d25b63b9520b5d544c3872a77432039a850 100644
--- a/compiler/src/userIntents_parser/parseUserIntents.ts
+++ b/compiler/src/userIntents_parser/parseUserIntents.ts
@@ -1551,11 +1551,18 @@ class ParseIntent {
   }
 
   public writeUserIntentJsonFile(): void {
+    if (!projectConfig.aceProfilePath) {
+      return;
+    }
+    const cachePath: string =
+      path.join(projectConfig.cachePath, 'insight_compile_cache.json'); // Compiled cache file
+    if (!(fs.existsSync(cachePath) || this.intentData.length > 0)) {
+      return;
+    }
     this.verifyInheritanceChain();
     const writeJsonData: object = this.processIntentData();
     const cacheSourceMapPath: string =
       path.join(projectConfig.aceProfilePath, 'insight_intent.json'); // The user's intents configuration file
-    const cachePath: string = path.join(projectConfig.cachePath, 'insight_compile_cache.json'); // Compiled cache file
     try {
       if (this.intentData.length > 0) {
         fs.writeFileSync(cacheSourceMapPath, JSON.stringify(writeJsonData, null, 2), 'utf-8');