diff --git a/apps/android/app/src/main/java/chat/simplex/app/views/database/DatabaseErrorView.kt b/apps/android/app/src/main/java/chat/simplex/app/views/database/DatabaseErrorView.kt
index 41428d4cbf..9abd0c6984 100644
--- a/apps/android/app/src/main/java/chat/simplex/app/views/database/DatabaseErrorView.kt
+++ b/apps/android/app/src/main/java/chat/simplex/app/views/database/DatabaseErrorView.kt
@@ -199,8 +199,8 @@ private fun restoreDb(restoreDbFromBackup: MutableState<Boolean>, prefs: AppPref
   val filesChatBase = context.dataDir.absolutePath + File.separator + "files_chat.db"
   val filesAgentBase = context.dataDir.absolutePath + File.separator + "files_agent.db"
   try {
-    Files.move(Path("$filesChatBase.bak"), Path(filesChatBase), StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING)
-    Files.move(Path("$filesAgentBase.bak"), Path(filesAgentBase), StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING)
+    Files.copy(Path("$filesChatBase.bak"), Path(filesChatBase), StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING)
+    Files.copy(Path("$filesAgentBase.bak"), Path(filesAgentBase), StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING)
     restoreDbFromBackup.value = false
     prefs.encryptionStartedAt.set(null)
   } catch (e: Exception) {