diff --git a/client/src/fileutils.c b/client/src/fileutils.c
index 3f416e9e4..71e41bc82 100644
--- a/client/src/fileutils.c
+++ b/client/src/fileutils.c
@@ -667,10 +667,18 @@ out:
     return retval;
 }
 int saveFileJSONroot(const char *preferredName, void *root, size_t flags, bool verbose) {
+    return saveFileJSONrootEx(preferredName, root, flags, verbose, false);
+}
+int saveFileJSONrootEx(const char *preferredName, void *root, size_t flags, bool verbose, bool overwrite) {
     if (root == NULL)
         return PM3_EINVARG;
 
-    char *filename = newfilenamemcopy(preferredName, ".json");
+    char *filename = NULL;
+    if (overwrite)
+        filename = filenamemcopy(preferredName, ".json");
+    else
+        filename = newfilenamemcopy(preferredName, ".json");
+    
     if (filename == NULL)
         return PM3_EMALLOC;
 
diff --git a/client/src/fileutils.h b/client/src/fileutils.h
index 6bdbab8d7..74f00e243 100644
--- a/client/src/fileutils.h
+++ b/client/src/fileutils.h
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ int saveFileEML(const char *preferredName, uint8_t *data, size_t datalen, size_t
 int saveFileJSON(const char *preferredName, JSONFileType ftype, uint8_t *data, size_t datalen, void (*callback)(json_t *));
 int saveFileJSONex(const char *preferredName, JSONFileType ftype, uint8_t *data, size_t datalen, bool verbose, void (*callback)(json_t *));
 int saveFileJSONroot(const char *preferredName, void *root, size_t flags, bool verbose);
+int saveFileJSONrootEx(const char *preferredName, void *root, size_t flags, bool verbose, bool overwrite);
 /** STUB
  * @brief Utility function to save WAVE data to a file. This method takes a preferred name, but if that
  * file already exists, it tries with another name until it finds something suitable.