diff --git a/frontend/src/models/DirectoryModel.js b/frontend/src/models/DirectoryModel.js
index d29d4c158..bdab33678 100644
--- a/frontend/src/models/DirectoryModel.js
+++ b/frontend/src/models/DirectoryModel.js
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ export function createDirectoryModel(origin, accessToken, api) {
           if (event.loaded) progressHandler({ direction: 'upload', loaded: event.loaded});
         });
 
-        xhr.open('POST', `${origin}/api/v1/${api}/files/${encodeURIComponent(sanitize(targetDir + '/' + relativefilePath))}?access_token=${accessToken}`);
+        xhr.open('POST', `${origin}/api/v1/${api}/files/${encodeURIComponent(sanitize(targetDir + '/' + relativefilePath))}?access_token=${accessToken}&overwrite=true`);
 
         xhr.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'application/octet-stream');