diff --git a/waspc/src/Generator/FileDraft/CopyFileDraft.hs b/waspc/src/Generator/FileDraft/CopyFileDraft.hs
index a108a0db73..86ab4f79ec 100644
--- a/waspc/src/Generator/FileDraft/CopyFileDraft.hs
+++ b/waspc/src/Generator/FileDraft/CopyFileDraft.hs
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ module Generator.FileDraft.CopyFileDraft
        ( CopyFileDraft(..)
        ) where
 
+import Control.Monad (when)
+
 import StrongPath (Path, Abs, Rel, File, (</>))
 import qualified StrongPath as SP
 import Generator.Common (ProjectRootDir)
@@ -19,6 +21,12 @@ data CopyFileDraft = CopyFileDraft
 instance Writeable CopyFileDraft where
     write absDstDirPath draft = do
         createDirectoryIfMissing True (SP.toFilePath $ SP.parent absDraftDstPath)
-        copyFile (SP.toFilePath $ _srcPath draft) (SP.toFilePath $ absDraftDstPath)
+
+        -- NOTE(matija): 
+        fileExists <- doesFileExist (SP.toFilePath $ _srcPath draft)
+        when fileExists
+             (copyFile (SP.toFilePath $ _srcPath draft) (SP.toFilePath $ absDraftDstPath))
+
+        --copyFile (SP.toFilePath $ _srcPath draft) (SP.toFilePath $ absDraftDstPath)
       where
           absDraftDstPath = absDstDirPath </> (_dstPath draft)
diff --git a/waspc/src/Generator/FileDraft/WriteableMonad.hs b/waspc/src/Generator/FileDraft/WriteableMonad.hs
index cfea15f33e..ae143a8547 100644
--- a/waspc/src/Generator/FileDraft/WriteableMonad.hs
+++ b/waspc/src/Generator/FileDraft/WriteableMonad.hs
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ class (Monad m) => WriteableMonad m where
         -> Aeson.Value  -- ^ JSON to be provided as template data.
         -> m Text
 
+    doesFileExist
+        :: FilePath
+        -> m Bool
+
 instance WriteableMonad IO where
     createDirectoryIfMissing = System.Directory.createDirectoryIfMissing
     copyFile = System.Directory.copyFile
@@ -53,3 +57,4 @@ instance WriteableMonad IO where
     getTemplateFileAbsPath = Templates.getTemplateFileAbsPath
     getTemplatesDirAbsPath = Templates.getTemplatesDirAbsPath
     compileAndRenderTemplate = Templates.compileAndRenderTemplate
+    doesFileExist = System.Directory.doesFileExist
diff --git a/waspc/test/Generator/MockWriteableMonad.hs b/waspc/test/Generator/MockWriteableMonad.hs
index 75ccad71c4..be7da440b2 100644
--- a/waspc/test/Generator/MockWriteableMonad.hs
+++ b/waspc/test/Generator/MockWriteableMonad.hs
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ instance WriteableMonad MockWriteableMonad where
         (_, config) <- get
         return $ (compileAndRenderTemplate_impl config) path json
 
+    doesFileExist path = MockWriteableMonad (return True)
+
+
 modifyLogs :: MonadState (a, b) m => (a -> a) -> m ()
 modifyLogs f = modify (\(logs, config) -> (f logs, config))