diff --git a/ArchiSteamFarm/BotDatabase.cs b/ArchiSteamFarm/BotDatabase.cs
index 66ac9e341..463b5fdfe 100644
--- a/ArchiSteamFarm/BotDatabase.cs
+++ b/ArchiSteamFarm/BotDatabase.cs
@@ -251,17 +251,16 @@ namespace ArchiSteamFarm {
 
 			await FileSemaphore.WaitAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
 
-			if (ReadOnly) {
-				return;
-			}
-
 			try {
-				await File.WriteAllTextAsync(newFilePath, json).ConfigureAwait(false);
+				if (ReadOnly) {
+					return;
+				}
 
 				if (File.Exists(FilePath)) {
+					await File.WriteAllTextAsync(newFilePath, json).ConfigureAwait(false);
 					File.Replace(newFilePath, FilePath, null);
 				} else {
-					File.Move(newFilePath, FilePath);
+					await File.WriteAllTextAsync(FilePath, json).ConfigureAwait(false);
 				}
 			} catch (Exception e) {
 				ASF.ArchiLogger.LogGenericException(e);
diff --git a/ArchiSteamFarm/GlobalDatabase.cs b/ArchiSteamFarm/GlobalDatabase.cs
index 4374aaa6d..083d80a52 100644
--- a/ArchiSteamFarm/GlobalDatabase.cs
+++ b/ArchiSteamFarm/GlobalDatabase.cs
@@ -166,12 +166,11 @@ namespace ArchiSteamFarm {
 			await FileSemaphore.WaitAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
 
 			try {
-				await File.WriteAllTextAsync(newFilePath, json).ConfigureAwait(false);
-
 				if (File.Exists(FilePath)) {
+					await File.WriteAllTextAsync(newFilePath, json).ConfigureAwait(false);
 					File.Replace(newFilePath, FilePath, null);
 				} else {
-					File.Move(newFilePath, FilePath);
+					await File.WriteAllTextAsync(FilePath, json).ConfigureAwait(false);
 				}
 			} catch (Exception e) {
 				ASF.ArchiLogger.LogGenericException(e);