diff --git a/fhem/FHEM/01_FHEMWEB.pm b/fhem/FHEM/01_FHEMWEB.pm
index 8475713b7..98c87962c 100755
--- a/fhem/FHEM/01_FHEMWEB.pm
+++ b/fhem/FHEM/01_FHEMWEB.pm
@@ -1642,7 +1642,7 @@ FW_style($$)
     } else {
       $fileName =~ s,.*/,,g;        # Little bit of security
       my $filePath = FW_fileNameToPath($fileName);
-      my($err, @data) = FileRead($filePath);
+      my($err, @data) = FileRead({FileName=>$filePath, ForceType=>"file"} );
       if($err) {
         FW_pO "<div id=\"content\">$err</div>";
         return;
@@ -1678,7 +1678,7 @@ FW_style($$)
     if($cfgDB ne 'configDB') { # save file to filesystem
 
       $FW_data =~ s/\r//g;
-      my $err = FileWrite($filePath, split("\n", $FW_data));
+      my $err = FileWrite({FileName=>$filePath, ForceType=>"file"}, split("\n", $FW_data));
       if($err) {
         FW_pO "<div id=\"content\">$filePath: $!</div>";
         return;
diff --git a/fhem/fhem.pl b/fhem/fhem.pl
index c87f10b22..8c9ee397f 100755
--- a/fhem/fhem.pl
+++ b/fhem/fhem.pl
@@ -3804,19 +3804,27 @@ configDBUsed()
 sub
 FileRead($)
 {
-  my ($fname) = @_;
-  my ($err, @ret);
+  my ($param) = @_;
+  my ($err, @ret, $fileName, $forceType);
 
-  if(configDBUsed()) {
-    ($err, @ret) = cfgDB_FileRead($fname);
+  if(ref($param) eq "HASH") {
+    $fileName = $param->{FileName};
+    $forceType = $param->{ForceType};
+  } else {
+    $fileName = $param;
+  }
+  $forceType = "" if(!defined($forceType));
+
+  if(configDBUsed() && $forceType ne "file") {
+    ($err, @ret) = cfgDB_FileRead($fileName);
 
   } else {
-    if(open(FH, $fname)) {
+    if(open(FH, $fileName)) {
       @ret = <FH>;
       close(FH);
       chomp(@ret);
     } else {
-      $err = "Can't open $fname: $!";
+      $err = "Can't open $fileName: $!";
     }
   }
 
@@ -3826,14 +3834,22 @@ FileRead($)
 sub
 FileWrite($@)
 {
-  my ($fname, @rows) = @_;
-  my ($err, @ret);
+  my ($param, @rows) = @_;
+  my ($err, @ret, $fileName, $forceType);
 
-  if(configDBUsed()) {
-    return cfgDB_FileWrite($fname, @rows);
+  if(ref($param) eq "HASH") {
+    $fileName = $param->{FileName};
+    $forceType = $param->{ForceType};
+  } else {
+    $fileName = $param;
+  }
+  $forceType = "" if(!defined($forceType));
+
+  if(configDBUsed() && $forceType ne "file") {
+    return cfgDB_FileWrite($fileName, @rows);
 
   } else {
-    if(open(FH, ">$fname")) {
+    if(open(FH, ">$fileName")) {
       binmode (FH);
       foreach my $l (@rows) {
         print FH $l,"\n";
@@ -3842,7 +3858,7 @@ FileWrite($@)
       return undef;
 
     } else {
-      return "Can't open $fname: $!";
+      return "Can't open $fileName: $!";
 
     }
   }