diff --git a/bananaSPLIT/libbananasplit/libsplit.py b/bananaSPLIT/libbananasplit/libsplit.py
index a421828..e87441b 100644
--- a/bananaSPLIT/libbananasplit/libsplit.py
+++ b/bananaSPLIT/libbananasplit/libsplit.py
@@ -44,26 +44,31 @@ class bananaSPLITTER(threading.Thread):
 					ff['duplicate']=False
 					self.fileList[idx]=ff
 				self.log.warn('Salto il controllo dei duplicati..')
-				
 			# se il parse e la rimozione dei duplicati e' andata bene
 			# preparo e inizio il salvataggio
 			if os.path.exists(self.outPath):
+				if self.settings['removeOldFiles']:
+					os.chdir(self.outPath)
+					for f in os.listdir(self.outPath):
+						os.remove(f)
+				else:
+					raise FileExistsError("Non posso sovrascrivere i vecchi file, eliminali manualmente!")
+			else:
+				os.mkdir(self.outPath)
 				os.chdir(self.outPath)
-				for f in os.listdir(self.outPath):
-					os.remove(f)
-					os.chdir("..")
-				os.rmdir(self.outPath)
-				
 			if self.settings['saveSeparateFiles']:
 				self.saveSeparate()
 			if self.settings['saveBodyFile']:
 				self.saveBody()
+			self.log.info("L'elaborazione del file ha richiesto {:4.2f} sec".format(time.time()-self.beginTime))
+		
 		except UnicodeDecodeError as ee:
 			self.log.critical("Il file [{}] contiene caratteri non compatibili con la codifica scelta! [{}]"
 							.format(self.fileParams['name'],ee))
-			os.rmdir(self.outPath)
+		except FileExistsError as fe:
+			self.log.critical(fe)
 		except BaseException as ee:
-			self.log.critical(ee)
+			self.log.warning(ee)
 		pass
 		
 	def openFile(self):
@@ -227,7 +232,6 @@ class bananaSPLITTER(threading.Thread):
 		pass
 		
 	def saveSeparate(self):
-		os.chdir(self.outPath)
 		outFileCounter = 0
 		self.paths['OUTworkPath']=self.paths['OUTworkPath']+slugify(self.fileName)
 		self.log.info("Salvo gli articoli in file separati...")
diff --git a/bananaSPLIT/libbananasplit/testEN.json b/bananaSPLIT/libbananasplit/testEN.json
index b3de8d2..b9e9f25 100644
--- a/bananaSPLIT/libbananasplit/testEN.json
+++ b/bananaSPLIT/libbananasplit/testEN.json
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 			"getNewsPaperName": true,
 			"nameNotFoundStr": "ND",
 			"includeTitle": true,
-			"removeDuplicates": false,
+			"removeDuplicates": true,
 			"showSkipped": true,
 			"showRemovedDuplicates": false,
 			"maxTitleLen": 32,