diff --git a/src/persistence/toxsave.cpp b/src/persistence/toxsave.cpp
index 7b5b33975..800ace007 100644
--- a/src/persistence/toxsave.cpp
+++ b/src/persistence/toxsave.cpp
@@ -67,9 +67,16 @@ bool handleToxSave(const QString& path)
 
     QString profilePath = Settings::getInstance().getSettingsDirPath() + profile + Core::TOX_EXT;
 
-    if (QFileInfo(profilePath).exists() && !GUI::askQuestion(QObject::tr("Profile already exists", "import confirm title"),
-            QObject::tr("A profile named \"%1\" already exists. Do you want to erase it?", "import confirm text").arg(profile)))
-        return false;
+    if (QFileInfo(profilePath).exists())
+    {
+        QString title = QObject::tr("Profile already exists", "import confirm title");
+        QString message = QObject::tr("A profile named \"%1\" already exists. Do you want to erase it?", "import confirm text").arg(profile);
+        bool erase = GUI::askQuestion(title, message);
+        if (!erase)
+            return false;
+
+        QFile(profilePath).remove();
+    }
 
     QFile::copy(path, profilePath);
     // no good way to update the ui from here... maybe we need a Widget:refreshUi() function...
diff --git a/src/widget/tool/profileimporter.cpp b/src/widget/tool/profileimporter.cpp
index 7c701a740..0d21729c3 100644
--- a/src/widget/tool/profileimporter.cpp
+++ b/src/widget/tool/profileimporter.cpp
@@ -61,26 +61,17 @@ bool ProfileImporter::importProfile()
 
      if (QFileInfo(profilePath).exists())
      {
-         QMessageBox::StandardButton reply;
-         reply = QMessageBox::warning( this,
-                                      tr("Profile already exists", "import confirm title"),
-                                      tr("A profile named \"%1\" already exists. Do you want to erase it?", "import confirm text").arg(profile),
-                                      QMessageBox::Yes | QMessageBox::No);
+         QString title = QObject::tr("Profile already exists", "import confirm title");
+         QString message = QObject::tr("A profile named \"%1\" already exists. Do you want to erase it?", "import confirm text").arg(profile);
+         bool erase = GUI::askQuestion(title, message);
 
-        if (reply == QMessageBox::Yes)
-        {
-            QFile::copy(path, profilePath);
-            return true; //import successfull
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            return false; //import canelled
-        }
-     }
-     else
-     {
-         QFile::copy(path, profilePath);
-         return true; //import successfull
+         if (!erase)
+             return false; //import canelled
+
+         QFile(profilePath).remove();
      }
 
+     QFile::copy(path, profilePath);
+     return true; //import successfull
+
 }