diff --git a/NTFSSecurity/ItemCmdlets/CopyItem2.cs b/NTFSSecurity/ItemCmdlets/CopyItem2.cs
index 9f6bfe6..79d4067 100644
--- a/NTFSSecurity/ItemCmdlets/CopyItem2.cs
+++ b/NTFSSecurity/ItemCmdlets/CopyItem2.cs
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ namespace NTFSSecurity
                     actualDestination = destination;
                 }
 
-                if (File.Exists(actualDestination))
+                if (!force & File.Exists(actualDestination))
                 {
                     WriteError(new ErrorRecord(new AlreadyExistsException(), "DestinationFileAlreadyExists", ErrorCategory.ResourceExists, actualDestination));
                     return;
@@ -129,4 +129,4 @@ namespace NTFSSecurity
             base.EndProcessing();
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}