diff --git a/lib/src/HttpFileImpl.cc b/lib/src/HttpFileImpl.cc
index be69e231..2894f62f 100644
--- a/lib/src/HttpFileImpl.cc
+++ b/lib/src/HttpFileImpl.cc
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ int HttpFileImpl::saveTo(const filesystem::path &pathAndFileName) const
 {
     LOG_TRACE << "save uploaded file:" << pathAndFileName;
     auto wPath = utils::toNativePath(pathAndFileName.native());
-    std::ofstream file(wPath, std::ios::binary);
+    std::ofstream file(wPath,
+                       std::ios::binary | std::ios::out | std::ios::trunc);
     if (file.is_open())
     {
         file.write(fileContent_.data(), fileContent_.size());