diff --git a/fhem/CHANGED b/fhem/CHANGED
index 687fafe78..855009f90 100644
--- a/fhem/CHANGED
+++ b/fhem/CHANGED
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Add changes at the top of the list. Keep it in ASCII, and 80-char wide.
 # Do not insert empty lines here, update check depends on it.
+  - bugfix:  configdb filemove not working after previous changes 
   - change:  IMPORTANT CHANGES TO configDB!
              changed: all files will be imported as binary
              changed: all existing textfiles will be moved to binary
diff --git a/fhem/FHEM/98_configdb.pm b/fhem/FHEM/98_configdb.pm
index 618c004e0..f8e3221c5 100644
--- a/fhem/FHEM/98_configdb.pm
+++ b/fhem/FHEM/98_configdb.pm
@@ -261,7 +261,8 @@ sub CommandConfigdb($$) {
 				$filename .= "/$param1";
 			}
 			if ( -r $filename ) {
-				$ret  = _cfgDB_Fileimport ($filename,1);
+				my $filesize = -s $filename;
+				$ret  = _cfgDB_binFileimport ($filename,$filesize,1);
 				$ret .= "\nFile $filename deleted from local filesystem.";
 			} elsif ( -e $filename) {
 				$ret = "\n Read error on file $filename";