diff --git a/src/ria_toolkit_oss/io/recording.py b/src/ria_toolkit_oss/io/recording.py
index f56012f..3f0f403 100644
--- a/src/ria_toolkit_oss/io/recording.py
+++ b/src/ria_toolkit_oss/io/recording.py
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ def to_sigmf(
     meta_dict = sigMF_metafile.ordered_metadata()
     meta_dict["ria"] = metadata
 
-    sigMF_metafile.tofile(meta_file_path)
+    sigMF_metafile.tofile(meta_file_path, overwrite=overwrite)
 
 
 def from_sigmf(file: os.PathLike | str) -> Recording: