diff --git a/source/net/filebot/cli/CmdlineOperations.java b/source/net/filebot/cli/CmdlineOperations.java
index 21e636de..887e9792 100644
--- a/source/net/filebot/cli/CmdlineOperations.java
+++ b/source/net/filebot/cli/CmdlineOperations.java
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ public class CmdlineOperations implements CmdlineInterface {
 						destination = resolve(source, destination);
 					}
 
-					if (!destination.equals(source) && destination.exists()) {
+					if (!destination.equals(source) && existsNoFollowLinks(destination)) {
 						if (conflictAction == ConflictAction.FAIL) {
 							throw new CmdlineException(String.format("Failed to process [%s] because [%s] already exists", source, destination));
 						}
diff --git a/source/net/filebot/util/FileUtilities.java b/source/net/filebot/util/FileUtilities.java
index 7bafea51..59ad6777 100644
--- a/source/net/filebot/util/FileUtilities.java
+++ b/source/net/filebot/util/FileUtilities.java
@@ -159,6 +159,10 @@ public final class FileUtilities {
 		return destination.toFile();
 	}
 
+	public static boolean existsNoFollowLinks(File file) {
+		return Files.exists(file.toPath(), LinkOption.NOFOLLOW_LINKS);
+	}
+
 	public static void delete(File file) throws IOException {
 		if (file.isDirectory()) {
 			Files.walkFileTree(file.toPath(), new SimpleFileVisitor<Path>() {
@@ -620,8 +624,7 @@ public final class FileUtilities {
 	/**
 	 * Strip file name of invalid characters
 	 *
-	 * @param filename
-	 *            original filename
+	 * @param filename original filename
 	 * @return valid file name stripped of invalid characters
 	 */
 	public static String validateFileName(CharSequence filename) {