diff --git a/Kieker.WebGUI/src/main/java/kieker/webgui/beans/session/CurrentAnalysisEditorBean.java b/Kieker.WebGUI/src/main/java/kieker/webgui/beans/session/CurrentAnalysisEditorBean.java
index 45254fd746c9c6ce94fce34ff1df31b8fcaafbc3..b14a5b11270ab6aab96328a52af8f1122294ceda 100644
--- a/Kieker.WebGUI/src/main/java/kieker/webgui/beans/session/CurrentAnalysisEditorBean.java
+++ b/Kieker.WebGUI/src/main/java/kieker/webgui/beans/session/CurrentAnalysisEditorBean.java
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ import kieker.webgui.common.PluginFinder;
 import kieker.webgui.common.exception.LibraryAlreadyExistingException;
 import kieker.webgui.common.exception.NewerProjectException;
 
+import org.primefaces.context.RequestContext;
 import org.primefaces.event.FileUploadEvent;
 import org.primefaces.model.DefaultTreeNode;
 import org.primefaces.model.TreeNode;
@@ -553,6 +554,8 @@ public final class CurrentAnalysisEditorBean {
 			} catch (final NewerProjectException ex) {
 				CurrentAnalysisEditorBean.LOG.info("The project has been modified externally in the meanwhile.", ex);
 				CurrentAnalysisEditorBean.showMessage(FacesMessage.SEVERITY_WARN, "The project has been modified externally in the meanwhile.");
+				// Give the user the possibility to force-save the project
+				RequestContext.getCurrentInstance().execute("forceSaveDlg.show()");
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/Kieker.WebGUI/src/main/webapp/AnalysisEditor.xhtml b/Kieker.WebGUI/src/main/webapp/AnalysisEditor.xhtml
index 42ff17ec3dcd10dedddeffe570cc234311c53e39..df9737f309d08b05a2e465c10cafbd4a9803736c 100644
--- a/Kieker.WebGUI/src/main/webapp/AnalysisEditor.xhtml
+++ b/Kieker.WebGUI/src/main/webapp/AnalysisEditor.xhtml
@@ -46,8 +46,7 @@
                     <p:menubar> 
                         <p:submenu  label="File">
                             <p:menuitem styleClass="element-with-whitespace" icon="ui-icon-disk" value="  Save Project" update=":messages" ajax="true" action="#{currentAnalysisEditorBean.saveProject(false)}" disabled="#{empty currentAnalysisEditorBean.project}"/>
-                            <p:menuitem styleClass="element-with-whitespace" icon="ui-icon-disk" value="  Save Project As" update=":messages" ajax="true" disabled="#{empty currentAnalysisEditorBean.project}"/>
-                            <p:menuitem styleClass="element-with-whitespace Force-Save-Project-Button" icon="ui-icon-alert" value="  Force Save Project" update=":messages" ajax="true" action="#{currentAnalysisEditorBean.saveProject(true)}" disabled="#{empty currentAnalysisEditorBean.project}"/>
+                            <p:menuitem styleClass="element-with-whitespace" icon="ui-icon-disk" value="  Save Project As" update=":messages" ajax="true" disabled="#{true or empty currentAnalysisEditorBean.project}"/>
                             <p:separator />
                             <p:menuitem styleClass="element-with-whitespace" icon="ui-icon-refresh" value="  Reload Project" ajax="true" disabled="#{empty currentAnalysisEditorBean.project or true}" />
                             <p:separator/>
@@ -210,5 +209,7 @@
         <ui:include src="dialogs/connectionDialog.xhtml" />
 
         <ui:include src="dialogs/manageLibrariesDialog.xhtml" />
+        
+        <ui:include src="dialogs/forceSaveDialog.xhtml" />
     </h:body>
 </html>
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diff --git a/Kieker.WebGUI/src/main/webapp/dialogs/forceSaveDialog.xhtml b/Kieker.WebGUI/src/main/webapp/dialogs/forceSaveDialog.xhtml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..678ff5c3d059b5b142e4e816e51df10f4635159d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Kieker.WebGUI/src/main/webapp/dialogs/forceSaveDialog.xhtml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<ui:composition 
+    xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
+    xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html"
+    xmlns:ui="http://java.sun.com/jsf/facelets"
+    xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core"
+    xmlns:p="http://primefaces.org/ui">     
+
+    <p:dialog header="Save Project" resizable="false" modal="true"
+              widgetVar="forceSaveDlg" id="forceSaveDialog">
+        <h:form>
+            <div style="text-align: center">
+                <h:outputText value="The project has been modified externally in the meanwhile. Do you want to overwrite the changes?" /> 
+            </div>
+            <hr/>
+            <div style="text-align: right">
+                <p:commandButton value="Yes" action="#{currentAnalysisEditorBean.saveProject(true)}" oncomplete="forceSaveDlg.hide()" update=":messages" />
+                <p:spacer width="10px" height="10" />
+                <p:commandButton value="Cancel" onclick="forceSaveDlg.hide()" />
+            </div>
+        </h:form>
+    </p:dialog>
+</ui:composition>
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