diff --git a/data/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/data/cloud/dropbox/DropboxImpl.java b/data/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/data/cloud/dropbox/DropboxImpl.java
index f886857f..ed9234e1 100644
--- a/data/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/data/cloud/dropbox/DropboxImpl.java
+++ b/data/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/data/cloud/dropbox/DropboxImpl.java
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ class DropboxImpl {
 	}
 
 	public DropboxFile write(DropboxFile file, DataSource data, final ProgressAware<UploadState> progressAware, boolean replace, long size) throws AuthenticationException, DbxException, IOException, CloudNodeAlreadyExistsException {
-		if (exists(file) && !replace) {
+		if (!replace && exists(file)) {
 			throw new CloudNodeAlreadyExistsException("CloudNode already exists and replace is false");
 		}
 
diff --git a/data/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/data/cloud/local/file/LocalStorageImpl.java b/data/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/data/cloud/local/file/LocalStorageImpl.java
index b893e5cd..ba973ebb 100644
--- a/data/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/data/cloud/local/file/LocalStorageImpl.java
+++ b/data/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/data/cloud/local/file/LocalStorageImpl.java
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ class LocalStorageImpl {
 	}
 
 	public LocalFile write(final CloudFile file, DataSource data, final ProgressAware<UploadState> progressAware, boolean replace, final long size) throws IOException, BackendException {
-		if (exists(file) && !replace) {
+		if (!replace && exists(file)) {
 			throw new CloudNodeAlreadyExistsException("CloudNode already exists and replace is false");
 		}
 
diff --git a/data/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/data/cloud/local/storageaccessframework/LocalStorageAccessFrameworkImpl.java b/data/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/data/cloud/local/storageaccessframework/LocalStorageAccessFrameworkImpl.java
index 44f7cde6..1143a51e 100644
--- a/data/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/data/cloud/local/storageaccessframework/LocalStorageAccessFrameworkImpl.java
+++ b/data/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/data/cloud/local/storageaccessframework/LocalStorageAccessFrameworkImpl.java
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ class LocalStorageAccessFrameworkImpl {
 
 		progressAware.onProgress(Progress.started(UploadState.upload(file)));
 		Optional<Uri> fileUri = existingFileUri(file);
-		if (fileUri.isPresent() && !replace) {
+		if (!replace && fileUri.isPresent()) {
 			throw new CloudNodeAlreadyExistsException("CloudNode already exists and replace is false");
 		}
 
diff --git a/data/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/data/cloud/onedrive/OnedriveImpl.java b/data/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/data/cloud/onedrive/OnedriveImpl.java
index c104da55..f6c7ef62 100644
--- a/data/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/data/cloud/onedrive/OnedriveImpl.java
+++ b/data/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/data/cloud/onedrive/OnedriveImpl.java
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ class OnedriveImpl {
 	}
 
 	public OnedriveFile write(final OnedriveFile file, DataSource data, final ProgressAware<UploadState> progressAware, boolean replace, final long size) throws BackendException {
-		if (exists(file) && !replace) {
+		if (!replace && exists(file)) {
 			throw new CloudNodeAlreadyExistsException("CloudNode already exists and replace is false");
 		}
 
diff --git a/data/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/data/cloud/webdav/WebDavImpl.java b/data/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/data/cloud/webdav/WebDavImpl.java
index 4d4a3dcc..9a6d49a7 100644
--- a/data/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/data/cloud/webdav/WebDavImpl.java
+++ b/data/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/data/cloud/webdav/WebDavImpl.java
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ class WebDavImpl {
 
 	public WebDavFile write(final WebDavFile uploadFile, DataSource data, final ProgressAware<UploadState> progressAware, boolean replace, final long size) //
 			throws BackendException, IOException {
-		if (exists(uploadFile) && !replace) {
+		if (!replace && exists(uploadFile)) {
 			throw new CloudNodeAlreadyExistsException("CloudNode already exists and replace is false");
 		}
 
diff --git a/data/src/notFoss/java/org/cryptomator/data/cloud/googledrive/GoogleDriveImpl.java b/data/src/notFoss/java/org/cryptomator/data/cloud/googledrive/GoogleDriveImpl.java
index 1eedb5ed..a13487f8 100644
--- a/data/src/notFoss/java/org/cryptomator/data/cloud/googledrive/GoogleDriveImpl.java
+++ b/data/src/notFoss/java/org/cryptomator/data/cloud/googledrive/GoogleDriveImpl.java
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ class GoogleDriveImpl {
 
 	public GoogleDriveFile write(final GoogleDriveFile file, DataSource data, final ProgressAware<UploadState> progressAware, boolean replace, final long size) //
 			throws IOException, BackendException {
-		if (exists(file) && !replace) {
+		if (!replace && exists(file)) {
 			throw new CloudNodeAlreadyExistsException("CloudNode already exists and replace is false");
 		}