diff --git a/conf/default.php b/conf/default.php
index ed0463f..5a09005 100644
--- a/conf/default.php
+++ b/conf/default.php
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <?php
 
 $conf['runas'] = '';
-$conf['maxEmailAttachmentSize']  = 3*1024*1024; //3MB
\ No newline at end of file
+$conf['maxEmailAttachmentSize']  = 3*1024*1024; //3MB
+$conf['pageoverwrite'] = 0;
diff --git a/conf/metadata.php b/conf/metadata.php
index 7119b98..a3c3bd3 100644
--- a/conf/metadata.php
+++ b/conf/metadata.php
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 
 $meta['runas']     = array('string');
 $meta['maxEmailAttachmentSize']  = array('numeric');
-
+$meta['pageoverwrite'] = array('onoff');
diff --git a/helper/actiontemplate.php b/helper/actiontemplate.php
index 5209b03..704a6c2 100644
--- a/helper/actiontemplate.php
+++ b/helper/actiontemplate.php
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ function getAdditionalTargetpages($fields) {
 
                 //target
                 $relativetargetpage = $field->getParam('page_tgt');
+                $relativetargetpage = $this->replace($relativetargetpage);
                 resolve_pageid($ns, $relativeTargetPageid, $ignored);
                 $targetpage = "$this->pagename:$relativetargetpage";
 
@@ -189,7 +190,7 @@ protected function getActionTargetpages($tpl) {
     protected function checkTargetPageNames() {
         foreach (array_keys($this->targetpages) as $pname) {
             // prevent overriding already existing pages
-            if (page_exists($pname)) {
+            if ( (page_exists($pname)) && (!$this->getConf('pageoverwrite')) ) {
                 throw new Exception(sprintf($this->getLang('e_pageexists'), html_wikilink($pname)));
             }
 
diff --git a/lang/de/settings.php b/lang/de/settings.php
index 4f8c39f..f114b92 100644
--- a/lang/de/settings.php
+++ b/lang/de/settings.php
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@
 
 $lang['runas'] = 'Affects the template mode. Use this (virtual) user\'s permissions when checking ACLs for reading templates and creating pages.';
 $lang['maxEmailAttachmentSize'] = 'Maximale größe eines Mail-Anhangs in Bytes (pro Datei).';
+$lang['pageoverwrite'] = 'Eine vorhandene Seite im Wiki ohne Warnung überschreiben.';
 
diff --git a/lang/en/settings.php b/lang/en/settings.php
index 9c8f365..64e1f85 100644
--- a/lang/en/settings.php
+++ b/lang/en/settings.php
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 
 $lang['runas'] = 'Affects the template mode. Use this (virtual) user\'s permissions when checking ACLs for reading templates and creating pages.';
 $lang['maxEmailAttachmentSize'] = 'Max size of mail attachments in Bytes. (per File)';
-
+$lang['pageoverwrite'] = 'Overwrite an already existing page without warning.';