diff --git a/src/handlers/docs/handleDocUpload.go b/src/handlers/docs/handleDocUpload.go
index 041d48b..c0cd5cf 100644
--- a/src/handlers/docs/handleDocUpload.go
+++ b/src/handlers/docs/handleDocUpload.go
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ func HandleDocUpload(c *gin.Context) {
 	} else {
 		filename = newName + filepath.Ext(fileHeader.Filename)
 	}
-	savedFileName, alreadyExists := database.AddDoc(filename, fileHashBuffer[:])
 
 	filteredFilename, err := util.FilterFilename(filename)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -65,6 +64,8 @@ func HandleDocUpload(c *gin.Context) {
 		return
 	}
 
+	savedFileName, alreadyExists := database.AddDoc(filename, fileHashBuffer[:])
+
 	if !alreadyExists {
 		err = c.SaveUploadedFile(fileHeader, util.ExPath+"/uploads/docs/"+filteredFilename)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/src/handlers/image/handleImageUpload.go b/src/handlers/image/handleImageUpload.go
index 6914c49..eeb53c0 100644
--- a/src/handlers/image/handleImageUpload.go
+++ b/src/handlers/image/handleImageUpload.go
@@ -24,14 +24,17 @@ func HandleImageUpload(c *gin.Context) {
 		c.String(http.StatusBadRequest, "Failed to open file: %s", err.Error())
 		return
 	}
+
 	defer file.Close()
 
 	fileBuffer := make([]byte, 512)
+
 	_, err = file.Read(fileBuffer)
 	if err != nil {
 		c.String(http.StatusInternalServerError, "Failed to read file: %s", err.Error())
 		return
 	}
+
 	fileType := http.DetectContentType(fileBuffer)
 
 	allowedMimeTypes := map[string]bool{
@@ -58,14 +61,13 @@ func HandleImageUpload(c *gin.Context) {
 		filename = newName + filepath.Ext(fileHeader.Filename)
 	}
 
-	savedFilename, alreadyExists := database.AddImage(filename, fileHashBuffer[:])
-
 	filteredFilename, err := util.FilterFilename(filename)
 	if err != nil {
 		c.String(http.StatusBadRequest, err.Error())
 		return
 	}
 
+	savedFilename, alreadyExists := database.AddImage(filename, fileHashBuffer[:])
 	if !alreadyExists {
 		err = c.SaveUploadedFile(fileHeader, util.ExPath+"/uploads/images/"+filteredFilename)
 		if err != nil {