diff --git a/modda-lib/Cargo.toml b/modda-lib/Cargo.toml
index b1d564e..3cc67b1 100644
--- a/modda-lib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/modda-lib/Cargo.toml
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ path-absolutize = "3.1.1"
 percent-encoding = "2.3.2"
 regex = "1.12.3"
 reqwest = { version = "0.13.2", features = ["stream", "json"] }
+same-file = "1.0.6"
 serde = { version = "1.0.228", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.149"
 serde_path_to_error = "0.1.20"
diff --git a/modda-lib/resources/test/file_lookup/conflicts/MOD1 b/modda-lib/resources/test/file_lookup/conflicts/MOD1
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..24eb79d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modda-lib/resources/test/file_lookup/conflicts/MOD1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+mod1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modda-lib/resources/test/file_lookup/conflicts/MOD2 b/modda-lib/resources/test/file_lookup/conflicts/MOD2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f6531e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modda-lib/resources/test/file_lookup/conflicts/MOD2
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+This is NOT a symlink to mod2
diff --git a/modda-lib/resources/test/file_lookup/conflicts/mod1 b/modda-lib/resources/test/file_lookup/conflicts/mod1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f9f8e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modda-lib/resources/test/file_lookup/conflicts/mod1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+MOD1 is a symlink to mod1
diff --git a/modda-lib/resources/test/file_lookup/conflicts/mod2 b/modda-lib/resources/test/file_lookup/conflicts/mod2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..67baeb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modda-lib/resources/test/file_lookup/conflicts/mod2
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+MOD2 is NOT a symlink to mod2
diff --git a/modda-lib/src/download.rs b/modda-lib/src/download.rs
index 64416e0..5dbc1d2 100644
--- a/modda-lib/src/download.rs
+++ b/modda-lib/src/download.rs
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ impl Downloader {
 
 
         // Indicatif setup
-        let pb = match (total_size) {
+        let pb = match total_size {
             Some(total_size) => Self::progress_with_size(total_size)?,
             None => match &download_opts.size_hint{
                 None =>{
diff --git a/modda-lib/src/utils/insensitive.rs b/modda-lib/src/utils/insensitive.rs
index 371c73b..665fc12 100644
--- a/modda-lib/src/utils/insensitive.rs
+++ b/modda-lib/src/utils/insensitive.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ use std::io::ErrorKind;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 
 use anyhow::{Result, bail};
-use log::debug;
+use itertools::Itertools;
+use log::{debug, info};
+use same_file::Handle;
 
 /// Looks for a file matching the argument, allowing case-insensitive matches.
 ///
@@ -20,10 +22,15 @@ pub fn find_insensitive<P>(base: P, searched: &str) -> Result<Option<PathBuf>>
         },
         [ref name] => Ok(Some(PathBuf::from(name))),
         _ => {
-            let msg = format!("More than one candidate ({count}) for lookup of {searched:?} in {base:?}",
-                                    count = candidates.len());
-            debug!("{msg}");
-            bail!(msg)
+            match handle_multiple_matches(&candidates, searched) {
+                Ok(result) => Ok(result),
+                Err(_) => {
+                    let msg = format!("More than one candidate ({count}) for lookup of {searched:?} in {base:?}",
+                                            count = candidates.len());
+                    debug!("{msg}");
+                    bail!(msg)
+                }
+            }
         },
     }
 }
@@ -110,6 +117,24 @@ pub fn find_all_insensitive<P>(base: P, searched: &str) -> Result<Vec<PathBuf>>
     Ok(result)
 }
 
+fn handle_multiple_matches(candidates: &[PathBuf], searched: &str) -> Result<Option<PathBuf>> {
+    let handles: Result<Vec<Handle>, std::io::Error> = candidates.iter()
+        .map(|path| Handle::from_path(path))
+        .collect();
+    let handles = match handles {
+        Err(err) => bail!("Couldn't open all matching candidates\n  {:?}", err),
+        Ok(handles) => handles,
+    };
+    if handles.iter().all_equal() {
+        let chosen = itertools::sorted(candidates.iter()).next().cloned();
+        info!("multiple ({count}) candidates for {searched} but all are the same file - choose {chosen:?}",
+                count = candidates.len());
+        Ok(chosen)
+    } else {
+        bail!("Multiple matches for {searched}, not the same file")
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use std::collections::HashSet;
@@ -275,4 +300,23 @@ mod tests {
             ].iter().collect::<HashSet<_>>(),
         );
     }
+
+    #[cfg(target_family = "unix")]
+    #[test]
+    fn multiple_candidates_symlink_same_file() {
+        let _ = env_logger::builder().is_test(true).filter_level(log::LevelFilter::Debug).try_init();
+        let base = Path::new(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR")).join("resources/test/file_lookup/conflicts");
+        assert_eq!(
+            find_insensitive(&base, "mod1").unwrap(),
+            Some(PathBuf::from(&base).join("MOD1")),
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(target_family = "unix")]
+    #[test]
+    fn multiple_candidates_symlink_different_file() {
+        let _ = env_logger::builder().is_test(true).filter_level(log::LevelFilter::Debug).try_init();
+        let base = Path::new(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR")).join("resources/test/file_lookup/conflicts");
+        assert!(find_insensitive(&base, "mod2").is_err());
+    }
 }