diff --git a/app/src/main/java/net/gsantner/opoc/util/FileUtils.java b/app/src/main/java/net/gsantner/opoc/util/FileUtils.java
index 1b2b456f24..c7580d8d3e 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/net/gsantner/opoc/util/FileUtils.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/net/gsantner/opoc/util/FileUtils.java
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.FileReader;
-import java.io.FileWriter;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
@@ -515,4 +514,18 @@ public static String sha512sum(final byte[] bytes) {
             return null;
         }
     }
+
+    // Return true if the target file exists, false if there is an issue with the file or it's parent directories
+    public static boolean fileExists(final File checkFile) {
+        File[] files;
+        if (checkFile != null && checkFile.getParentFile() != null && (files = checkFile.getParentFile().listFiles()) != null) {
+            final String checkFilename = checkFile.getName();
+            for (final File f : files) {
+                if (f.getName().equals(checkFilename)) {
+                    return true;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/app/thirdparty/java/other/writeily/ui/WrRenameDialog.java b/app/thirdparty/java/other/writeily/ui/WrRenameDialog.java
index 6d695960ce..01e83e4c41 100644
--- a/app/thirdparty/java/other/writeily/ui/WrRenameDialog.java
+++ b/app/thirdparty/java/other/writeily/ui/WrRenameDialog.java
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ public Dialog onCreateDialog(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
             boolean renamed = false;
             boolean filenameChanged = !file.getName().equals(newFileName);
             if (filenameChanged) {
-                _filenameClash = checkFilenameClash(file, newFileName);
+                _filenameClash = optShowFilenameClashDialog(file, newFileName);
             }
             if (shareUtil.isUnderStorageAccessFolder(file)) {
                 DocumentFile dof = shareUtil.getDocumentFile(file, file.isDirectory());
@@ -148,13 +148,13 @@ public void afterTextChanged(Editable s) {
         });
     }
 
-    private boolean checkFilenameClash(File originalFile, String newName) {
-        File newFile = new File(originalFile.getParent(), newName);
-        if (newFile.exists()) {
+    // Return true in case of filename clash
+    private boolean optShowFilenameClashDialog(File originalFile, String newName) {
+        final boolean clash = FileUtils.fileExists(new File(originalFile.getParent(), newName));
+        if (clash) {
             ((TextView) _dialog.findViewById(R.id.dialog_message)).setText(R.string.file_folder_already_exists_please_use_a_different_name);
             _dialog.getButton(AlertDialog.BUTTON_POSITIVE).setEnabled(false);
-            return true;
         }
-        return false;
+        return clash;
     }
 }