diff --git a/src/main/java/it/inaf/oats/vospace/MoveService.java b/src/main/java/it/inaf/oats/vospace/MoveService.java
index 6210c24001f80c3236fd84f3dff75cf28c016b9f..1d22cf604ce0ca19f4cf8ee233d8b7362c9c01f8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/it/inaf/oats/vospace/MoveService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/it/inaf/oats/vospace/MoveService.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ package it.inaf.oats.vospace;
 
 import it.inaf.ia2.aa.data.User;
 import it.inaf.oats.vospace.datamodel.NodeUtils;
+import it.inaf.oats.vospace.exception.DuplicateNodeException;
 import it.inaf.oats.vospace.exception.InternalFaultException;
 import it.inaf.oats.vospace.exception.NodeBusyException;
 import it.inaf.oats.vospace.exception.NodeNotFoundException;
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ import it.inaf.oats.vospace.persistence.NodeDAO.ShortNodeDescriptor;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import net.ivoa.xml.vospace.v2.Transfer;
 import org.springframework.dao.CannotSerializeTransactionException;
+import org.springframework.dao.DuplicateKeyException;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.EnableTransactionManagement;
 import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Isolation;
@@ -105,6 +107,8 @@ public class MoveService extends AbstractNodeService {
         } catch (CannotSerializeTransactionException ex) {
             // Concurrent transactions attempted to modify this set of nodes            
             throw new NodeBusyException(sourcePath);
+        } catch (DuplicateKeyException ex) {
+            throw new DuplicateNodeException(destinationPath);
         }
     }  
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/it/inaf/oats/vospace/CopyServiceTest.java b/src/test/java/it/inaf/oats/vospace/CopyServiceTest.java
index f28931e41af80789a85583a2da31ee2e73a8bbf5..15380d01b264aae487b360d8cf9d108fb13d0c3a 100644
--- a/src/test/java/it/inaf/oats/vospace/CopyServiceTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/it/inaf/oats/vospace/CopyServiceTest.java
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import it.inaf.oats.vospace.exception.NodeNotFoundException;
 import it.inaf.oats.vospace.exception.PermissionDeniedException;
 import it.inaf.oats.vospace.persistence.DataSourceConfigSingleton;
 import it.inaf.oats.vospace.persistence.NodeDAO;
-import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import net.ivoa.xml.vospace.v2.Transfer;
@@ -28,7 +27,6 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
 import org.springframework.boot.test.autoconfigure.web.servlet.AutoConfigureMockMvc;
 import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
-import org.springframework.dao.DuplicateKeyException;
 import org.springframework.test.annotation.DirtiesContext;
 import org.springframework.test.context.TestPropertySource;
 import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;