diff --git a/src/base/bittorrent/filesearcher.cpp b/src/base/bittorrent/filesearcher.cpp
index fbf7070b2..2fcd31f8f 100644
--- a/src/base/bittorrent/filesearcher.cpp
+++ b/src/base/bittorrent/filesearcher.cpp
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@
 #include "base/bittorrent/infohash.h"
 
 void FileSearcher::search(const BitTorrent::TorrentID &id, const PathList &originalFileNames
-                          , const Path &savePath, const Path &downloadPath)
+                          , const Path &savePath, const Path &downloadPath, const bool forceAppendExt)
 {
-    const auto findInDir = [](const Path &dirPath, PathList &fileNames) -> bool
+    const auto findInDir = [](const Path &dirPath, PathList &fileNames, const bool forceAppendExt) -> bool
     {
         bool found = false;
         for (Path &fileName : fileNames)
@@ -42,10 +42,18 @@ void FileSearcher::search(const BitTorrent::TorrentID &id, const PathList &origi
             {
                 found = true;
             }
-            else if ((dirPath / fileName + QB_EXT).exists())
+            else
             {
-                found = true;
-                fileName = fileName + QB_EXT;
+                const Path incompleteFilename = fileName + QB_EXT;
+                if ((dirPath / incompleteFilename).exists())
+                {
+                    found = true;
+                    fileName = incompleteFilename;
+                }
+                else if (forceAppendExt)
+                {
+                    fileName = incompleteFilename;
+                }
             }
         }
 
@@ -54,11 +62,11 @@ void FileSearcher::search(const BitTorrent::TorrentID &id, const PathList &origi
 
     Path usedPath = savePath;
     PathList adjustedFileNames = originalFileNames;
-    const bool found = findInDir(usedPath, adjustedFileNames);
+    const bool found = findInDir(usedPath, adjustedFileNames, (forceAppendExt && downloadPath.isEmpty()));
     if (!found && !downloadPath.isEmpty())
     {
         usedPath = downloadPath;
-        findInDir(usedPath, adjustedFileNames);
+        findInDir(usedPath, adjustedFileNames, forceAppendExt);
     }
 
     emit searchFinished(id, usedPath, adjustedFileNames);
diff --git a/src/base/bittorrent/filesearcher.h b/src/base/bittorrent/filesearcher.h
index bcdc6bdfe..04495bd76 100644
--- a/src/base/bittorrent/filesearcher.h
+++ b/src/base/bittorrent/filesearcher.h
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ public:
 
 public slots:
     void search(const BitTorrent::TorrentID &id, const PathList &originalFileNames
-                , const Path &savePath, const Path &downloadPath);
+                , const Path &savePath, const Path &downloadPath, bool forceAppendExt);
 
 signals:
     void searchFinished(const BitTorrent::TorrentID &id, const Path &savePath, const PathList &fileNames);
diff --git a/src/base/bittorrent/sessionimpl.cpp b/src/base/bittorrent/sessionimpl.cpp
index 6005e8158..ec6ac9595 100644
--- a/src/base/bittorrent/sessionimpl.cpp
+++ b/src/base/bittorrent/sessionimpl.cpp
@@ -2606,8 +2606,11 @@ bool SessionImpl::addTorrent_impl(const std::variant<MagnetUri, TorrentInfo> &so
         }
 
         const auto nativeIndexes = torrentInfo.nativeIndexes();
-        for (int index = 0; index < filePaths.size(); ++index)
-            p.renamed_files[nativeIndexes[index]] = filePaths.at(index).toString().toStdString();
+        if (!isFindingIncompleteFiles)
+        {
+            for (int index = 0; index < filePaths.size(); ++index)
+                p.renamed_files[nativeIndexes[index]] = filePaths.at(index).toString().toStdString();
+        }
 
         Q_ASSERT(p.file_priorities.empty());
         Q_ASSERT(addTorrentParams.filePriorities.isEmpty() || (addTorrentParams.filePriorities.size() == nativeIndexes.size()));
@@ -2715,7 +2718,7 @@ void SessionImpl::findIncompleteFiles(const TorrentInfo &torrentInfo, const Path
     const PathList originalFileNames = (filePaths.isEmpty() ? torrentInfo.filePaths() : filePaths);
     QMetaObject::invokeMethod(m_fileSearcher, [=]()
     {
-        m_fileSearcher->search(searchId, originalFileNames, savePath, downloadPath);
+        m_fileSearcher->search(searchId, originalFileNames, savePath, downloadPath, isAppendExtensionEnabled());
     });
 }