diff --git a/source/net/filebot/cli/CmdlineOperations.java b/source/net/filebot/cli/CmdlineOperations.java
index a652599f..b268f839 100644
--- a/source/net/filebot/cli/CmdlineOperations.java
+++ b/source/net/filebot/cli/CmdlineOperations.java
@@ -606,8 +606,8 @@ public class CmdlineOperations implements CmdlineInterface {
 						}
 
 						// do not allow abuse of online databases by repeatedly processing the same files
-						if (matches != null && renameAction.canRevert() && source.length() > 0 && equalsFileContent(source, destination)) {
-							throw new CmdlineException(String.format("Failed to process [%s] because [%s] is an exact copy and already exists", source, destination));
+						if (matches != null && renameAction.canRevert() && source.length() > 0 && equalsLastModified(source, destination, 2000) && equalsFileContent(source, destination)) {
+							throw new CmdlineException(String.format("Failed to process [%s] because [%s] is an exact copy and already exists [Last-Modified: %tc]", source, destination, destination.lastModified()));
 						}
 
 						// delete existing destination path if necessary
@@ -683,6 +683,13 @@ public class CmdlineOperations implements CmdlineInterface {
 				}
 			}
 		}
+
+		// preserve Last Modified date
+		log.forEach((source, destination) -> {
+			if (destination != null) {
+				destination.setLastModified(source.lastModified());
+			}
+		});
 	}
 
 	protected File nextAvailableIndexedName(File file) {
diff --git a/source/net/filebot/util/FileUtilities.java b/source/net/filebot/util/FileUtilities.java
index 59ad6777..6b082367 100644
--- a/source/net/filebot/util/FileUtilities.java
+++ b/source/net/filebot/util/FileUtilities.java
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.SortedMap;
 import java.util.TreeMap;
 import java.util.TreeSet;
+import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
@@ -289,21 +290,22 @@ public final class FileUtilities {
 			return false;
 		}
 
-		// must not be a folder
-		if (a.isDirectory() || b.isDirectory()) {
-			return false;
-		}
-
-		// must be equal byte by byte
-		try {
-			return FileUtils.contentEquals(a, b);
-		} catch (Exception e) {
-			log.warning(cause(e));
+		// must be a regular file and must be equal byte by byte
+		if (a.isFile() && b.isFile()) {
+			try {
+				return FileUtils.contentEquals(a, b);
+			} catch (Exception e) {
+				log.log(Level.WARNING, e, e::getMessage);
+			}
 		}
 
 		return false;
 	}
 
+	public static boolean equalsLastModified(File a, File b, int granularity) {
+		return a.lastModified() / granularity == b.lastModified() / granularity;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Pattern used for matching file extensions.
 	 *