diff --git a/R/build-metadata.R b/R/build-metadata.R
index 188ccd2..10c7c00 100644
--- a/R/build-metadata.R
+++ b/R/build-metadata.R
@@ -26,12 +26,8 @@ store_build_metadata <- function(
 
   if (nrow(existing_entries) >= 1 && !force) {
     cli::cli_alert("{.fun store_build_metadata}: Build metadata for {.field {.pkg package_name}} {.field {tag}} already exists.")
-  } else {
-    if (!force) {
-      cli::cli_alert("{.fun store_build_metadata}: Storing build metadata for {.field {package_name}} {.field {tag}}.")
-    } else {
-      cli::cli_alert_info("{.fun store_build_metadata}: Force overwriting build metadata for {.field {package_name}} {.field {tag}} because {.code force = TRUE} was set.")
-    }
+  } else if (nrow(existing_entries) == 0 && !force) {
+    cli::cli_alert("{.fun store_build_metadata}: Storing build metadata for {.field {package_name}} {.field {tag}}.")
     # Create a data frame with the metadata
     metadata <- data.frame(
       package_name = package_name,
@@ -43,6 +39,10 @@ store_build_metadata <- function(
     )
     # Write the data frame to the SQLite database
     dbWriteTable(con, "single_builds", metadata, append = TRUE)
+  } else if (nrow(existing_entries) >= 1 && force) {
+    cli::cli_alert_info("{.fun store_build_metadata}: Force overwriting build metadata for {.field {package_name}} {.field {tag}} because {.code force = TRUE} was set.")
+
+    dbExecute(con, sprintf("UPDATE single_builds SET build_timestamp = %s WHERE package_name = %s and tag = %s", format(Sys.time(), "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"), package_name, tag))
   }
 
   # Close the SQLite connection