diff --git a/src/OutputFileHandler.h b/src/OutputFileHandler.h
index e86155b4931fb6da92bcbf031e36bb606b1dacbd..7c42c8bf0e0b66cdf0a10515bfb3398f08df0e56 100644
--- a/src/OutputFileHandler.h
+++ b/src/OutputFileHandler.h
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ class OutputFileHandler {
 
   bool HasOpenFile() { return outputFile_->IsOpen(); }
 
+  bool MaybeCommitFile(uint32_t run, uint32_t index);
+
   bool getCMSSWHeaders() const { return cmsswHeaders_; }
 
   FRDFileHeader_v2 createFileHeader(uint32_t ls);