diff --git a/plugin/src/Caelestia/cutils.cpp b/plugin/src/Caelestia/cutils.cpp
index 0e1778cc..6e3bfa99 100644
--- a/plugin/src/Caelestia/cutils.cpp
+++ b/plugin/src/Caelestia/cutils.cpp
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ bool CUtils::copyFile(const QUrl& source, const QUrl& target, bool overwrite) co
         return false;
     }
 
-    if (overwrite) {
+    if (overwrite && QFile::exists(target.toLocalFile())) {
         if (!QFile::remove(target.toLocalFile())) {
             qWarning() << "CUtils::copyFile: overwrite was specified but failed to remove" << target.toLocalFile();
             return false;