diff --git a/src/main/java/com/annimon/ffmpegbot/commands/ytdlp/YtDlpCommandBuilder.java b/src/main/java/com/annimon/ffmpegbot/commands/ytdlp/YtDlpCommandBuilder.java
index 5f5d662..58a0a50 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/annimon/ffmpegbot/commands/ytdlp/YtDlpCommandBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/annimon/ffmpegbot/commands/ytdlp/YtDlpCommandBuilder.java
@@ -55,6 +55,6 @@ public class YtDlpCommandBuilder {
 
     private static List<String> buildOutput(@NotNull YtDlpSession session) {
         final var targetFilename = FilePath.outputDir() + "/" + session.getOutputFilename();
-        return List.of("-o", targetFilename);
+        return List.of("--force-overwrites", "-o", targetFilename);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/annimon/ffmpegbot/commands/ytdlp/YtDlpTask.java b/src/main/java/com/annimon/ffmpegbot/commands/ytdlp/YtDlpTask.java
index e061bd5..4951ba9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/annimon/ffmpegbot/commands/ytdlp/YtDlpTask.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/annimon/ffmpegbot/commands/ytdlp/YtDlpTask.java
@@ -34,7 +34,10 @@ public class YtDlpTask {
             pb.redirectErrorStream(true);
             pb.inheritIO();
             final Process process = pb.start();
-            process.waitFor();
+            int status = process.waitFor();
+            if (status != 0) {
+                throw new RuntimeException("yt-dlp process was finished with non-zero value " + status);
+            }
         } catch (InterruptedException | IOException e) {
             throw new RuntimeException(e);
         }