diff --git a/templates/upload.html b/templates/upload.html
index 2d5fcc8..1446f84 100644
--- a/templates/upload.html
+++ b/templates/upload.html
@@ -94,8 +94,33 @@
       refresh();
     });
 
+    // Mirror of the server's sanitiseSlug, so the client can predict the slug a
+    // filename yields and keep two files in one batch from colliding.
+    function slugify(name) {
+      let out = '';
+      for (const ch of name.toLowerCase()) {
+        if ((ch >= 'a' && ch <= 'z') || (ch >= '0' && ch <= '9') || ch === '-') out += ch;
+        else if (ch === ' ' || ch === '_') out += '-';
+      }
+      return out;
+    }
+
+    // A slug unique among the current cards. The server derives the slug from
+    // the uploaded filename, so two photos named the same would otherwise
+    // overwrite each other; the second (third, …) gets -2, -3, …
+    function uniqueSlug(filename) {
+      const stem = filename.replace(/\.[^.]+$/, '');
+      const base = slugify(stem) || 'photo';
+      let candidate = base;
+      let n = 2;
+      while (items.some((i) => i.slug === candidate)) candidate = base + '-' + (n++);
+      return candidate;
+    }
+
     function addItem(file) {
-      const item = { id: ++seq, file, status: 'pending', el: null };
+      const ext = (file.name.match(/\.[^.]+$/)?.[0] || '.jpg').toLowerCase();
+      const item = { id: ++seq, file, ext, slug: '', status: 'pending', el: null };
+      item.slug = uniqueSlug(file.name); // before push, so it compares against the others
       items.push(item);
       item.el = buildCard(item);
       list.appendChild(item.el);
@@ -177,7 +202,9 @@
       setStatus(item, 'up', 'Uploading…');
 
       const form = new FormData();
-      form.append('image', item.file);
+      // Send under the deduped slug so the server (which slugs from the
+      // filename) can't overwrite another photo in the same batch.
+      form.append('image', item.file, item.slug + item.ext);
       form.append('caption', item.el.querySelector('.c-caption').value);
       form.append('date', item.el.querySelector('.c-date').value);
       form.append('tags', item.el.querySelector('.c-tags').value);