diff --git a/Directory.Packages.props b/Directory.Packages.props
index 49a45b3..934cc8a 100644
--- a/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Label="Build packages">
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.SourceLink.GitHub" Version="10.0.102" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.SourceLink.GitHub" Version="10.0.401" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Label="General packages">
diff --git a/src/Synercoding.FileFormats.Pdf/PackageDetails.props b/src/Synercoding.FileFormats.Pdf/PackageDetails.props
index 60b217e..2784a92 100644
--- a/src/Synercoding.FileFormats.Pdf/PackageDetails.props
+++ b/src/Synercoding.FileFormats.Pdf/PackageDetails.props
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <Product>Synercoding.FileFormats.Pdf</Product>
     <Title>Synercoding.FileFormats.Pdf</Title>
     <Description>Contains classes which makes it easy to quickly create a pdf file.</Description>
-    <PackageReleaseNotes>Added support for the current alpha constant and blend mode via the extended graphic state. And added basic support for clickable hyperlinks on a page.</PackageReleaseNotes>
+    <PackageReleaseNotes>Fixed a broken constructor.</PackageReleaseNotes>
     <PackageReadmeFile>README.md</PackageReadmeFile>
     <PackageLicenseFile>LICENSE</PackageLicenseFile>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/Synercoding.FileFormats.Pdf/PdfWriter.cs b/src/Synercoding.FileFormats.Pdf/PdfWriter.cs
index 8c841b4..d010144 100644
--- a/src/Synercoding.FileFormats.Pdf/PdfWriter.cs
+++ b/src/Synercoding.FileFormats.Pdf/PdfWriter.cs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ public PdfWriter(string filePath)
     /// <param name="filePath">The path to the PDF file to create.</param>
     /// <param name="settings">The writer settings.</param>
     public PdfWriter(string filePath, WriterSettings settings)
-        : this(File.OpenRead(filePath), settings, true)
+        : this(File.OpenWrite(filePath), settings, true)
     { }
 
     /// <summary>
diff --git a/tests/Synercoding.FileFormats.Pdf.Tests/PdfWriterConstructorTests.cs b/tests/Synercoding.FileFormats.Pdf.Tests/PdfWriterConstructorTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6529dfb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Synercoding.FileFormats.Pdf.Tests/PdfWriterConstructorTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,268 @@
+using Synercoding.FileFormats.Pdf.Generation;
+
+namespace Synercoding.FileFormats.Pdf.Tests;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Tests for the <see cref="PdfWriter"/> constructors.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+/// The file path based tests are regression tests: the file used to be opened for reading instead
+/// of for writing, which made every file path based <see cref="PdfWriter"/> unusable.
+/// </remarks>
+public class PdfWriterConstructorTests : IDisposable
+{
+    private readonly string _tempDirectory;
+
+    public PdfWriterConstructorTests()
+    {
+        _tempDirectory = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), "PdfWriterConstructorTests", Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N"));
+        Directory.CreateDirectory(_tempDirectory);
+    }
+
+    public void Dispose()
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            Directory.Delete(_tempDirectory, true);
+        }
+        catch (IOException)
+        {
+            // Best effort cleanup, a leftover temp file should never fail a test.
+        }
+        GC.SuppressFinalize(this);
+    }
+
+    private string _getFilePath()
+        => Path.Combine(_tempDirectory, Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N") + ".pdf");
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Test_PdfWriter_FilePathConstructor_CreatesPdfFile()
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        var filePath = _getFilePath();
+
+        // Act
+        using (var writer = new PdfWriter(filePath))
+        {
+            writer.AddPage(page => page.MediaBox = Sizes.A4.AsRectangle());
+        }
+
+        // Assert
+        Assert.True(File.Exists(filePath));
+        var pdfContent = File.ReadAllText(filePath, System.Text.Encoding.ASCII);
+        Assert.StartsWith("%PDF-", pdfContent);
+        Assert.EndsWith("%%EOF", pdfContent);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Test_PdfWriter_FilePathAndSettingsConstructor_CreatesPdfFile()
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        var filePath = _getFilePath();
+
+        // Act
+        using (var writer = new PdfWriter(filePath, new WriterSettings()))
+        {
+            writer.AddPage(page => page.MediaBox = Sizes.A4.AsRectangle());
+        }
+
+        // Assert
+        Assert.True(File.Exists(filePath));
+        var pdfContent = File.ReadAllText(filePath, System.Text.Encoding.ASCII);
+        Assert.StartsWith("%PDF-", pdfContent);
+        Assert.EndsWith("%%EOF", pdfContent);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Test_PdfWriter_FilePathConstructor_WithAlreadyExistingFile_WritesPdfContent()
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        var filePath = _getFilePath();
+        File.WriteAllText(filePath, string.Empty);
+
+        // Act
+        using (var writer = new PdfWriter(filePath))
+        {
+            writer.AddPage(page => page.MediaBox = Sizes.A4.AsRectangle());
+        }
+
+        // Assert
+        var pdfContent = File.ReadAllText(filePath, System.Text.Encoding.ASCII);
+        Assert.StartsWith("%PDF-", pdfContent);
+        Assert.EndsWith("%%EOF", pdfContent);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Test_PdfWriter_FilePathConstructor_WithNonExistingFile_CreatesFile()
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        var filePath = _getFilePath();
+        Assert.False(File.Exists(filePath));
+
+        // Act
+        using var writer = new PdfWriter(filePath);
+
+        // Assert
+        // The file is created by the constructor, opening an existing file for reading would have
+        // thrown a FileNotFoundException instead.
+        Assert.True(File.Exists(filePath));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Test_PdfWriter_FilePathConstructor_DisposeReleasesFileHandle()
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        var filePath = _getFilePath();
+        var writer = new PdfWriter(filePath);
+        writer.AddPage(page => page.MediaBox = Sizes.A4.AsRectangle());
+
+        // Act
+        writer.Dispose();
+
+        // Assert
+        // Opening with FileShare.None only succeeds when no other handle to the file is left open,
+        // proving the writer owns and disposes the file stream it created.
+        using var fileStream = new FileStream(filePath, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.None);
+        Assert.True(fileStream.Length > 0);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Test_PdfWriter_StreamConstructor_DoesNotOwnStream()
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        var stream = new MemoryStream();
+
+        // Act
+        using (var writer = new PdfWriter(stream))
+        {
+            writer.AddPage(page => page.MediaBox = Sizes.A4.AsRectangle());
+        }
+
+        // Assert
+        Assert.True(stream.CanWrite);
+        stream.Dispose();
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Test_PdfWriter_StreamAndSettingsConstructor_DoesNotOwnStream()
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        var stream = new MemoryStream();
+
+        // Act
+        using (var writer = new PdfWriter(stream, new WriterSettings()))
+        {
+            writer.AddPage(page => page.MediaBox = Sizes.A4.AsRectangle());
+        }
+
+        // Assert
+        Assert.True(stream.CanWrite);
+        stream.Dispose();
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Test_PdfWriter_StreamConstructor_WithOwnsStreamTrue_DisposesStream()
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        var stream = new MemoryStream();
+
+        // Act
+        using (var writer = new PdfWriter(stream, new WriterSettings(), true))
+        {
+            writer.AddPage(page => page.MediaBox = Sizes.A4.AsRectangle());
+        }
+
+        // Assert
+        Assert.False(stream.CanWrite);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Test_PdfWriter_StreamConstructor_WithOwnsStreamFalse_LeavesStreamOpen()
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        var stream = new MemoryStream();
+
+        // Act
+        using (var writer = new PdfWriter(stream, new WriterSettings(), false))
+        {
+            writer.AddPage(page => page.MediaBox = Sizes.A4.AsRectangle());
+        }
+
+        // Assert
+        Assert.True(stream.CanWrite);
+        stream.Dispose();
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Test_PdfWriter_PdfStreamConstructor_WritesPdf()
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        using var stream = new MemoryStream();
+        var pdfStream = new PdfStream(stream, false);
+
+        // Act
+        using (var writer = new PdfWriter(pdfStream, new WriterSettings()))
+        {
+            writer.AddPage(page => page.MediaBox = Sizes.A4.AsRectangle());
+        }
+
+        // Assert
+        var pdfContent = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetString(stream.ToArray());
+        Assert.StartsWith("%PDF-", pdfContent);
+        Assert.EndsWith("%%EOF", pdfContent);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Test_PdfWriter_WithNonWritableStream_Throws()
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        using var stream = new MemoryStream(new byte[16], writable: false);
+
+        // Act & Assert
+        Assert.Throws<ArgumentException>(() => new PdfWriter(stream));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Test_PdfWriter_WithReadOnlyFileStream_Throws()
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        var filePath = _getFilePath();
+        File.WriteAllText(filePath, string.Empty);
+        using var stream = File.OpenRead(filePath);
+
+        // Act & Assert
+        Assert.Throws<ArgumentException>(() => new PdfWriter(stream));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Test_PdfWriter_Constructor_WritesHeader()
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        using var stream = new MemoryStream();
+
+        // Act
+        using var writer = new PdfWriter(stream);
+
+        // Assert
+        var pdfContent = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetString(stream.ToArray());
+        Assert.StartsWith("%PDF-2.0", pdfContent);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Test_PdfWriter_Constructor_SetsDefaults()
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        using var stream = new MemoryStream();
+
+        // Act
+        using var writer = new PdfWriter(stream);
+
+        // Assert
+        Assert.Equal(0, writer.PageCount);
+        Assert.Null(writer.PageMode);
+        Assert.Null(writer.PageLayout);
+        Assert.NotNull(writer.DocumentInformation);
+        Assert.StartsWith("Synercoding.FileFormats.Pdf ", writer.DocumentInformation.Producer);
+        Assert.NotNull(writer.DocumentInformation.CreationDate);
+    }
+}