diff --git a/src/commands.rs b/src/commands.rs
index 7467772..25abe96 100644
--- a/src/commands.rs
+++ b/src/commands.rs
@@ -326,8 +326,22 @@ fn decompress_file(
         Gzip | Bzip | Lzma | Zstd => {
             reader = chain_reader_decoder(&formats[0].compression_formats[0], reader)?;
 
-            // TODO: improve error treatment
-            let mut writer = fs::File::create(&output_path)?;
+            let mut writer = match fs::OpenOptions::new().write(true).create_new(true).open(&output_path) {
+                Ok(w) => w,
+                Err(e) if e.kind() == io::ErrorKind::AlreadyExists => {
+                    if utils::user_wants_to_overwrite(&output_path, question_policy)? {
+                        if output_path.is_dir() {
+                            // We can't just use `fs::File::create(&output_path)` because it would return io::ErrorKind::IsADirectory
+                            // ToDo: Maybe we should emphasise that `output_path` is a directory and everything inside it will be gone?
+                            fs::remove_dir_all(&output_path)?;
+                        }
+                        fs::File::create(&output_path)?
+                    } else {
+                        return Ok(());
+                    }
+                }
+                Err(e) => return Err(Error::from(e)),
+            };
 
             io::copy(&mut reader, &mut writer)?;
             files_unpacked = vec![output_path];