diff --git a/source/app.d b/source/app.d
index 6633a1e..4b40f32 100644
--- a/source/app.d
+++ b/source/app.d
@@ -15,7 +15,12 @@ int main(string[] args)
 	}
 
 	auto argumets = new Program(programName, snagVersion)
-		.add(new Command("init", "Initializing the repository for storing snapshots"))
+		.add(new Command("init", "Initializing the repository for storing snapshots")
+			.add(new Flag("f", "force", "Initializing a repository with overwriting the existing one")
+				.name("force")
+				.optional
+			)
+		)
 		.add(new Command("status", "Checking the status of tracked files"))
 		.add(new Command("diff", "Show changed data"))
 		.add(new Command("import", "Import snapshot from a tar.gz archive")
@@ -117,7 +122,7 @@ int main(string[] args)
 	try {
 		argumets
 			.on("init", init =>
-				snag.initialize()
+				snag.initialize(init.flag("force"))
 			)
 			.on("diff", diff =>
 				snag.diff()
diff --git a/source/snag/core/core.d b/source/snag/core/core.d
index 34e75ae..e70ce62 100644
--- a/source/snag/core/core.d
+++ b/source/snag/core/core.d
@@ -44,13 +44,18 @@ class Snag {
 		return result;
 	}
 
-	void initialize() {
+	void initialize(bool force) {
 		auto result = execute(_baseCommand ~ ["rev-parse", "--git-dir"]);
-		!result.status &&
+		!force && !result.status &&
 			throw new SnagException(
 				"The Git repository has already been initialized: "
 				~ result.output.strip('\n')
 			);
+
+		force && _config.git.exists
+				&& _config.git.isDir
+				&& _config.git.rmdirRecurse;
+
 		git(
 			["init", "--initial-branch=default"],
 			"A Git repository initialization error occurred"