diff --git a/src/Paket.Core/InstallProcess.fs b/src/Paket.Core/InstallProcess.fs
index 29b51aadc7..e5c915e149 100644
--- a/src/Paket.Core/InstallProcess.fs
+++ b/src/Paket.Core/InstallProcess.fs
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ let CreateInstallModel(root, sources, force, package) =
 
 /// Restores the given packages from the lock file.
 let createModel(root, sources, force, lockFile : LockFile, packages:Set<NormalizedPackageName>) =
-    let sourceFileDownloads = RemoteDownload.DownloadSourceFiles(root, lockFile.SourceFiles)
+    let sourceFileDownloads = RemoteDownload.DownloadSourceFiles(root, force, lockFile.SourceFiles)
 
     let packageDownloads =
         lockFile.ResolvedPackages
diff --git a/src/Paket.Core/RemoteDownload.fs b/src/Paket.Core/RemoteDownload.fs
index 65e059c59e..3496b471ff 100644
--- a/src/Paket.Core/RemoteDownload.fs
+++ b/src/Paket.Core/RemoteDownload.fs
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ let downloadRemoteFiles(remoteFile:ResolvedSourceFile,destination) = async {
         | _ -> ignore()
 }
 
-let DownloadSourceFiles(rootPath, sourceFiles:ModuleResolver.ResolvedSourceFile list) =
+let DownloadSourceFiles(rootPath, force, sourceFiles:ModuleResolver.ResolvedSourceFile list) =
     sourceFiles
     |> Seq.map (fun source ->
         let destination = source.FilePath(rootPath)
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ let DownloadSourceFiles(rootPath, sourceFiles:ModuleResolver.ResolvedSourceFile
                             else
                                 File.Exists destination
 
-                        if exists then
+                        if not force && exists then
                             verbosefn "Sourcefile %s is already there." (source.ToString())
                         else 
                             tracefn "Downloading %s to %s" (source.ToString()) destination
diff --git a/src/Paket.Core/RestoreProcess.fs b/src/Paket.Core/RestoreProcess.fs
index c087bd7f7e..ad8427e980 100644
--- a/src/Paket.Core/RestoreProcess.fs
+++ b/src/Paket.Core/RestoreProcess.fs
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ let ExtractPackage(root, sources, force, package : ResolvedPackage) =
 
 /// Restores the given dependencies from the lock file.
 let internal restore(root, sources, force, lockFile:LockFile, packages:Set<NormalizedPackageName>) = 
-    let sourceFileDownloads = RemoteDownload.DownloadSourceFiles(Path.GetDirectoryName lockFile.FileName, lockFile.SourceFiles)
+    let sourceFileDownloads = RemoteDownload.DownloadSourceFiles(Path.GetDirectoryName lockFile.FileName, force, lockFile.SourceFiles)
 
     let packageDownloads = 
         lockFile.ResolvedPackages