diff --git a/src/App.jsx b/src/App.jsx
index 010eac73..8eabe768 100644
--- a/src/App.jsx
+++ b/src/App.jsx
@@ -1176,8 +1176,8 @@ function App() {
 
       console.log('outSegTemplateOrDefault', outSegTemplateOrDefault);
 
-      const { outSegFileNames, outSegError } = generateOutSegFileNames({ segments: segmentsToExport, template: outSegTemplateOrDefault });
-      if (outSegError != null) {
+      const { outSegFileNames, outSegProblems } = generateOutSegFileNames({ segments: segmentsToExport, template: outSegTemplateOrDefault });
+      if (outSegProblems.error != null) {
         console.warn('Output segments file name invalid, using default instead', outSegFileNames);
       }
 
diff --git a/src/components/OutSegTemplateEditor.jsx b/src/components/OutSegTemplateEditor.jsx
index 224e1add..e55f0c2e 100644
--- a/src/components/OutSegTemplateEditor.jsx
+++ b/src/components/OutSegTemplateEditor.jsx
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ const formatVariable = (variable) => `\${${variable}}`;
 
 const extVar = formatVariable('EXT');
 
-const OutSegTemplateEditor = memo(({ outSegTemplate, setOutSegTemplate, generateOutSegFileNames, currentSegIndexSafe, getOutSegError }) => {
+const OutSegTemplateEditor = memo(({ outSegTemplate, setOutSegTemplate, generateOutSegFileNames, currentSegIndexSafe }) => {
   const { safeOutputFileName, toggleSafeOutputFileName, outputFileNameMinZeroPadding, setOutputFileNameMinZeroPadding } = useUserSettings();
 
   const [text, setText] = useState(outSegTemplate);
   const [debouncedText] = useDebounce(text, 500);
   const [validText, setValidText] = useState();
-  const [error, setError] = useState();
+  const [outSegProblems, setOutSegProblems] = useState({ error: undefined, sameAsInputFileNameWarning: false });
   const [outSegFileNames, setOutSegFileNames] = useState();
   const [shown, setShown] = useState();
   const inputRef = useRef();
@@ -42,22 +42,16 @@ const OutSegTemplateEditor = memo(({ outSegTemplate, setOutSegTemplate, generate
     if (debouncedText == null) return;
 
     try {
-      const { outSegFileNames: newOutSegFileNames, outSegError } = generateOutSegFileNames({ template: debouncedText });
-      setOutSegFileNames(newOutSegFileNames);
-      if (outSegError) {
-        setError(outSegError);
-        setValidText();
-        return;
-      }
-
-      setValidText(debouncedText);
-      setError();
+      const outSegs = generateOutSegFileNames({ template: debouncedText });
+      setOutSegFileNames(outSegs.outSegFileNames);
+      setOutSegProblems(outSegs.outSegProblems);
+      setValidText(outSegs.outSegProblems.error == null ? debouncedText : undefined);
     } catch (err) {
       console.error(err);
       setValidText();
-      setError(err.message);
+      setOutSegProblems({ error: err.message });
     }
-  }, [debouncedText, generateOutSegFileNames, getOutSegError, t]);
+  }, [debouncedText, generateOutSegFileNames, t]);
 
   // eslint-disable-next-line no-template-curly-in-string
   const isMissingExtension = validText != null && !validText.endsWith(extVar);
@@ -80,8 +74,8 @@ const OutSegTemplateEditor = memo(({ outSegTemplate, setOutSegTemplate, generate
   }, [setOutSegTemplate]);
 
   const onHideClick = useCallback(() => {
-    if (error == null) setShown(false);
-  }, [error]);
+    if (outSegProblems.error == null) setShown(false);
+  }, [outSegProblems.error]);
 
   const onShowClick = useCallback(() => {
     if (!shown) setShown(true);
@@ -89,7 +83,7 @@ const OutSegTemplateEditor = memo(({ outSegTemplate, setOutSegTemplate, generate
 
   const onTextChange = useCallback((e) => setText(e.target.value), []);
 
-  const needToShow = shown || error != null;
+  const needToShow = shown || outSegProblems.error != null || outSegProblems.sameAsInputFileNameWarning;
 
   const onVariableClick = useCallback((variable) => {
     const input = inputRef.current;
@@ -132,7 +126,18 @@ const OutSegTemplateEditor = memo(({ outSegTemplate, setOutSegTemplate, generate
               ))}
             </div>
 
-            {error != null && <div style={{ marginBottom: '1em' }}><ErrorIcon color="var(--red9)" size={14} verticalAlign="baseline" /> {error}</div>}
+            {outSegProblems.error != null && (
+              <div style={{ marginBottom: '1em' }}>
+                <ErrorIcon color="var(--red9)" size={14} verticalAlign="baseline" /> {outSegProblems.error}
+              </div>
+            )}
+
+            {outSegProblems.error == null && outSegProblems.sameAsInputFileNameWarning && (
+              <div style={{ marginBottom: '1em' }}>
+                <WarningSignIcon verticalAlign="middle" color="var(--amber9)" />{' '}
+                {i18n.t('Output file name is the same as the source file name. This increases the risk of accidentally overwriting or deleting source files!')}
+              </div>
+            )}
 
             {isMissingExtension && (
               <div style={{ marginBottom: '1em' }}>
diff --git a/src/util/outputNameTemplate.js b/src/util/outputNameTemplate.js
index ca12e9a5..cebcafa1 100644
--- a/src/util/outputNameTemplate.js
+++ b/src/util/outputNameTemplate.js
@@ -9,10 +9,11 @@ import { getSegmentTags, formatSegNum } from '../segments';
 export const segNumVariable = 'SEG_NUM';
 export const segSuffixVariable = 'SEG_SUFFIX';
 
-const { parse: parsePath, sep: pathSep, join: pathJoin, normalize: pathNormalize } = window.require('path');
+const { parse: parsePath, sep: pathSep, join: pathJoin, normalize: pathNormalize, basename } = window.require('path');
 
-function getOutSegError({ fileNames, filePath, outputDir, safeOutputFileName }) {
+function getOutSegProblems({ fileNames, filePath, outputDir, safeOutputFileName }) {
   let error;
+  let sameAsInputFileNameWarning = false;
 
   // eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax
   for (const fileName of fileNames) {
@@ -49,6 +50,10 @@ function getOutSegError({ fileNames, filePath, outputDir, safeOutputFileName })
     const shouldCheckPathLength = isWindows || isDev;
     const shouldCheckFileEnd = isWindows || isDev;
 
+    if (basename(filePath) === fileName) {
+      sameAsInputFileNameWarning = true; // just an extra warning in case sameAsInputPath doesn't work
+    }
+
     if (fileName.length === 0) {
       error = i18n.t('At least one resulting file name has no length');
       break;
@@ -73,11 +78,14 @@ function getOutSegError({ fileNames, filePath, outputDir, safeOutputFileName })
     }
   }
 
-  if (error != null) return error;
-
-  if (hasDuplicates(fileNames)) return i18n.t('Output file name template results in duplicate file names (you are trying to export multiple files with the same name). You can fix this for example by adding the "{{segNumVariable}}" variable.', { segNumVariable });
+  if (error == null && hasDuplicates(fileNames)) {
+    error = i18n.t('Output file name template results in duplicate file names (you are trying to export multiple files with the same name). You can fix this for example by adding the "{{segNumVariable}}" variable.', { segNumVariable });
+  }
 
-  return undefined;
+  return {
+    error,
+    sameAsInputFileNameWarning,
+  };
 }
 
 // This is used as a fallback and so it has to always generate unique file names
@@ -155,10 +163,10 @@ export function generateOutSegFileNames({ segments, template: desiredTemplate, f
 
   let outSegFileNames = generate({ template: desiredTemplate, forceSafeOutputFileName: false });
 
-  const outSegError = getOutSegError({ fileNames: outSegFileNames, filePath, outputDir, safeOutputFileName });
-  if (outSegError != null) {
+  const outSegProblems = getOutSegProblems({ fileNames: outSegFileNames, filePath, outputDir, safeOutputFileName });
+  if (outSegProblems.error != null) {
     outSegFileNames = generate({ template: defaultOutSegTemplate, forceSafeOutputFileName: true });
   }
 
-  return { outSegFileNames, outSegError };
+  return { outSegFileNames, outSegProblems };
 }