diff --git a/backend/scripts/repl b/backend/scripts/repl
index 219e2c164..4dfac5de8 100755
--- a/backend/scripts/repl
+++ b/backend/scripts/repl
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ export PENPOT_FLAGS="\
        enable-access-tokens \
        disable-file-validation \
        disable-file-schema-validation \
-       enable-soft-file-schema-validation";
+       enable-soft-file-schema-validation \
+       enable-soft-file-validation";
 
 # export PENPOT_DATABASE_URI="postgresql://172.17.0.1:5432/penpot"
 # export PENPOT_DATABASE_USERNAME="penpot"
diff --git a/backend/scripts/start-dev b/backend/scripts/start-dev
index f905fe3ad..32d7ba7da 100755
--- a/backend/scripts/start-dev
+++ b/backend/scripts/start-dev
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ export PENPOT_FLAGS="\
        enable-access-tokens \
        disable-file-validation \
        disable-file-schema-validation \
-       enable-soft-file-schema-validation";
+       enable-soft-file-schema-validation \
+       enable-soft-file-validation";
 
 # Initialize MINIO config
 mc alias set penpot-s3/ http://minio:9000 minioadmin minioadmin
diff --git a/backend/src/app/rpc/commands/files_update.clj b/backend/src/app/rpc/commands/files_update.clj
index 8b8eb6bfd..883937c68 100644
--- a/backend/src/app/rpc/commands/files_update.clj
+++ b/backend/src/app/rpc/commands/files_update.clj
@@ -275,6 +275,15 @@
 
   file)
 
+(defn- soft-validate-file!
+  [file libs]
+  (try
+    (val/validate-file! file libs)
+    (catch Throwable cause
+      (l/error :hint "file validation error"
+               :cause cause)))
+  file)
+
 (defn- update-file-data
   [conn file changes skip-validate]
   (let [file (update file :data (fn [data]
@@ -309,6 +318,9 @@
                      (not skip-validate))
           (val/validate-file-schema!))
 
+        (cond-> (contains? cf/flags :soft-file-validation)
+          (soft-validate-file! libs))
+
         (cond-> (contains? cf/flags :soft-file-schema-validation)
           (soft-validate-file-schema!))