diff --git a/modules/hypernetworks/ui.py b/modules/hypernetworks/ui.py
index 08f75f15..f45345ea 100644
--- a/modules/hypernetworks/ui.py
+++ b/modules/hypernetworks/ui.py
@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@ from modules import sd_hijack, shared, devices
 from modules.hypernetworks import hypernetwork
 
 
-def create_hypernetwork(name, enable_sizes, layer_structure=None, add_layer_norm=False):
+def create_hypernetwork(name, enable_sizes, overwrite_old, layer_structure=None, add_layer_norm=False):
     fn = os.path.join(shared.cmd_opts.hypernetwork_dir, f"{name}.pt")
-    assert not os.path.exists(fn), f"file {fn} already exists"
+    if not overwrite_old:
+        assert not os.path.exists(fn), f"file {fn} already exists"
 
     if type(layer_structure) == str:
         layer_structure = tuple(map(int, re.sub(r'\D', '', layer_structure)))