diff --git a/openpype/hosts/traypublisher/plugins/publish/collect_online_file.py b/openpype/hosts/traypublisher/plugins/publish/collect_online_file.py
index 459ee463aa..82c4870fe4 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/traypublisher/plugins/publish/collect_online_file.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/traypublisher/plugins/publish/collect_online_file.py
@@ -13,12 +13,11 @@ class CollectOnlineFile(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
     def process(self, instance):
         file = Path(instance.data["creator_attributes"]["path"])
 
-        if not instance.data.get("representations"):
-            instance.data["representations"] = [
-                {
+        instance.data["representations"].append(
+            {
                     "name": file.suffix.lstrip("."),
                     "ext": file.suffix.lstrip("."),
                     "files": file.name,
                     "stagingDir": file.parent.as_posix()
-                }
-            ]
+            }
+        )