diff --git a/pkg/database/method.go b/pkg/database/method.go
index 208fc1c..fc0294e 100644
--- a/pkg/database/method.go
+++ b/pkg/database/method.go
@@ -188,6 +188,15 @@ func (database *Database) FindFolder(folder string) (int64, error) {
 	return id, nil
 }
 
+func (database *Database) FindFile(folderId int64, filename string) (int64, error) {
+	var id int64
+	err := database.stmt.findFile.QueryRow(folderId, filename).Scan(&id)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	return id, nil
+}
+
 func (database *Database) InsertFolder(folder string) (int64, error) {
 	result, err := database.stmt.insertFolder.Exec(folder, filepath.Base(folder))
 	if err != nil {
@@ -217,6 +226,13 @@ func (database *Database) Insert(path string, filesize int64) error {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
+
+	// if file exists, skip it
+	_, err = database.FindFile(folderId, filename)
+	if err == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	err = database.InsertFile(folderId, filename, filesize)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/pkg/database/sql_stmt.go b/pkg/database/sql_stmt.go
index 449dd52..52976c7 100644
--- a/pkg/database/sql_stmt.go
+++ b/pkg/database/sql_stmt.go
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ VALUES (?, ?);`
 
 var findFolderQuery = `SELECT id FROM folders WHERE folder = ? LIMIT 1;`
 
+var findFileQuery = `SELECT id FROM files WHERE folder_id = ? AND filename = ? LIMIT 1;`
+
 var insertFileQuery = `INSERT INTO files (folder_id, filename, filesize)
 VALUES (?, ?, ?);`
 
@@ -82,6 +84,7 @@ type Stmt struct {
 	insertFolder       *sql.Stmt
 	insertFile         *sql.Stmt
 	findFolder         *sql.Stmt
+	findFile           *sql.Stmt
 	searchFiles        *sql.Stmt
 	getFolder          *sql.Stmt
 	dropFiles          *sql.Stmt
@@ -142,6 +145,12 @@ func NewPreparedStatement(sqlConn *sql.DB) (*Stmt, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	// init findFile statement
+	stmt.findFile, err = sqlConn.Prepare(findFileQuery)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	// init insertFile stmt
 	stmt.insertFile, err = sqlConn.Prepare(insertFileQuery)
 	if err != nil {