diff --git a/rolling-shutter/medley/configuration/command/command.go b/rolling-shutter/medley/configuration/command/command.go
index f06a22a1d..e6071c35c 100644
--- a/rolling-shutter/medley/configuration/command/command.go
+++ b/rolling-shutter/medley/configuration/command/command.go
@@ -117,11 +117,16 @@ func Build[T configuration.Config](
 				if err != nil {
 					return err
 				}
-				return WriteConfig(builder.filesystem, cfg, outPath)
+				overwrite, err := cmd.Flags().GetBool("force")
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+				return WriteConfig(builder.filesystem, cfg, outPath, overwrite)
 			},
 		}
 		genConfigCmd.PersistentFlags().String("output", "", "output file")
 		genConfigCmd.MarkPersistentFlagRequired("output")
+		genConfigCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolP("force", "f", false, "overwrite existing file")
 		cb.cobraCommand.AddCommand(genConfigCmd)
 	}
 	if builder.dumpConfig {
@@ -145,13 +150,18 @@ func Build[T configuration.Config](
 				log.Debug().
 					Interface("config", cfg).
 					Msg("dumping config")
-				return WriteConfig(builder.filesystem, cfg, outPath)
+				overwrite, err := cmd.Flags().GetBool("force")
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+				return WriteConfig(builder.filesystem, cfg, outPath, overwrite)
 			},
 		}
 		dumpConfigCmd.PersistentFlags().String("output", "", "output file")
 		dumpConfigCmd.MarkPersistentFlagRequired("output")
 		dumpConfigCmd.PersistentFlags().String("config", "", "config file")
 		dumpConfigCmd.MarkPersistentFlagFilename("config")
+		dumpConfigCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolP("force", "f", false, "overwrite existing file")
 		cb.cobraCommand.AddCommand(dumpConfigCmd)
 	}
 	return cb
diff --git a/rolling-shutter/medley/configuration/command/parse.go b/rolling-shutter/medley/configuration/command/parse.go
index a01bf663c..5090258b2 100644
--- a/rolling-shutter/medley/configuration/command/parse.go
+++ b/rolling-shutter/medley/configuration/command/parse.go
@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@ func CommandAddConfigFileFlag(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 	cmd.MarkPersistentFlagFilename("config")
 }
 
-func WriteConfig(fs afero.Fs, config configuration.Config, outPath string) error {
+func WriteConfig(fs afero.Fs, config configuration.Config, outPath string, overwrite bool) error {
 	buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
 	if err := configuration.WriteTOML(buf, config); err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to write config file")
 	}
-	return medley.SecureSpit(fs, outPath, buf.Bytes())
+	return medley.SecureSpit(fs, outPath, buf.Bytes(), overwrite)
 }
 
 // ParseCLI reads in the CLI argument context from the
diff --git a/rolling-shutter/medley/configuration/test/config_test.go b/rolling-shutter/medley/configuration/test/config_test.go
index 904829619..fb7ffa27f 100644
--- a/rolling-shutter/medley/configuration/test/config_test.go
+++ b/rolling-shutter/medley/configuration/test/config_test.go
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func TestConfiguration(t *testing.T) {
 	err = afs.MkdirAll(dirPath, os.ModeDir)
 	assert.NilError(t, err)
 
-	err = command.WriteConfig(afs, config, configFile)
+	err = command.WriteConfig(afs, config, configFile, false)
 	assert.NilError(t, err)
 
 	file, err := afero.ReadFile(afs, configFile)
diff --git a/rolling-shutter/medley/configuration/test/helper.go b/rolling-shutter/medley/configuration/test/helper.go
index 31165ea27..0dbf51876 100644
--- a/rolling-shutter/medley/configuration/test/helper.go
+++ b/rolling-shutter/medley/configuration/test/helper.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ func RoundtripParseConfig[T configuration.Config](
 	err := afs.MkdirAll(dirPath, os.ModeDir)
 	assert.NilError(t, err)
 
-	err = command.WriteConfig(afs, config, configFile)
+	err = command.WriteConfig(afs, config, configFile, false)
 	assert.NilError(t, err)
 
 	var parsedConfig T
diff --git a/rolling-shutter/medley/spit.go b/rolling-shutter/medley/spit.go
index a4b0d1009..931f27e26 100644
--- a/rolling-shutter/medley/spit.go
+++ b/rolling-shutter/medley/spit.go
@@ -7,10 +7,14 @@ import (
 )
 
 // SecureSpit creates a new file with the given path and writes the given content to it. The file
-// is created with with mode 0600. SecureSpit will not overwrite an existing file.
-func SecureSpit(fs afero.Fs, path string, content []byte) error {
+// is created with with mode 0600. SecureSpit will not overwrite an existing file unless asked.
+func SecureSpit(fs afero.Fs, path string, content []byte, overwrite bool) error {
 	var err error
-	file, err := fs.OpenFile(path, os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE|os.O_EXCL, 0o600)
+	flags := os.O_RDWR | os.O_CREATE
+	if !overwrite {
+		flags |= os.O_EXCL
+	}
+	file, err := fs.OpenFile(path, flags, 0o600)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}