diff --git a/services/web/app/views/project/editor/new-file-modal.pug b/services/web/app/views/project/editor/new-file-modal.pug
index 969b1e2564..17cca3bc5a 100644
--- a/services/web/app/views/project/editor/new-file-modal.pug
+++ b/services/web/app/views/project/editor/new-file-modal.pug
@@ -149,7 +149,10 @@ script(type='text/ng-template', id='newFileModalTemplate')
 										ng-model="data.name"
 										name="name"
 									)
-						div.alert.alert-danger.row-spaced-small(ng-if="state.error") Error, something went wrong!
+						div.alert.alert-danger.row-spaced-small(ng-if="error")
+							div(ng-switch="error")
+								span(ng-switch-when="already exists") #{translate("file_already_exists")}
+								span(ng-switch-default) Error, something went wrong!
 					div(ng-if="type == 'url'", ng-controller="UrlLinkedFileModalController")
 						form(novalidate, name="newLinkedFileForm")
 							label(for="url") URL to fetch the file from
diff --git a/services/web/public/src/directives/focus.js b/services/web/public/src/directives/focus.js
index 923d5c73fe..0d8c7400b4 100644
--- a/services/web/public/src/directives/focus.js
+++ b/services/web/public/src/directives/focus.js
@@ -80,9 +80,8 @@ define(['base'], function(App) {
     }
   }))
 
-  return (selectName = function(element) {
-    // Select up to last '.'. I.e. everything
-    // except the file extension
+  selectName = function(element) {
+    // Select up to last '.'. I.e. everything except the file extension
     element.focus()
     const name = element.val()
     if (element[0].setSelectionRange != null) {
@@ -92,5 +91,5 @@ define(['base'], function(App) {
       }
       return element[0].setSelectionRange(0, selectionEnd)
     }
-  })
+  }
 })
diff --git a/services/web/public/src/ide/file-tree/controllers/FileTreeController.js b/services/web/public/src/ide/file-tree/controllers/FileTreeController.js
index 126025067a..9e866bbeb4 100644
--- a/services/web/public/src/ide/file-tree/controllers/FileTreeController.js
+++ b/services/web/public/src/ide/file-tree/controllers/FileTreeController.js
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ define(['base'], function(App) {
 
       const validate = function() {
         const { name } = $scope.inputs
-        return ($scope.state.valid = name != null && name.length > 0)
+        $scope.state.valid = name != null && name.length > 0
       }
       $scope.$watch('inputs.name', validate)
 
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ define(['base'], function(App) {
           .catch(function(response) {
             const { data } = response
             $scope.error = data
-            return ($scope.state.inflight = false)
+            $scope.state.inflight = false
           })
       })
     }
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ define(['base'], function(App) {
         }
         const fileName = newVal.split('/').reverse()[0]
         if (fileName) {
-          return ($scope.data.name = fileName)
+          $scope.data.name = fileName
         }
       })
 
@@ -352,14 +352,14 @@ define(['base'], function(App) {
             $scope.data.projects,
             p => p._id === $scope.data.selectedProjectId
           )
-          return ($scope.data.name =
+          $scope.data.name =
             (project != null ? project.name : undefined) != null
               ? `${project.name}.pdf`
-              : 'output.pdf')
+              : 'output.pdf'
         } else {
           const fileName = newVal.split('/').reverse()[0]
           if (fileName) {
-            return ($scope.data.name = fileName)
+            $scope.data.name = fileName
           }
         }
       })
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ define(['base'], function(App) {
       const validate = function() {
         const { state } = $scope
         const { data } = $scope
-        return ($scope.state.valid =
+        $scope.state.valid =
           !state.inFlight.projects &&
           !state.inFlight.entities &&
           data.projects &&
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ define(['base'], function(App) {
             ($scope.state.isOutputFilesMode &&
               data.projectOutputFiles &&
               data.selectedProjectOutputFile)) &&
-          data.name)
+          data.name
       }
       $scope.$watch('state', validate, true)
       $scope.$watch('data', validate, true)
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ define(['base'], function(App) {
           }
         }
         _setInFlight('create')
-        return ide.fileTreeManager
+        ide.fileTreeManager
           .createLinkedFile(name, $scope.parent_folder, provider, payload)
           .then(function() {
             _reset({ err: false })
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ define(['base'], function(App) {
           })
           .catch(function(response) {
             const { data } = response
-            return _reset({ err: true })
+            $scope.error = data
           })
       })
     }