diff --git a/app/views/exercises/_file_form.html.slim b/app/views/exercises/_file_form.html.slim
index 5ed70fcb..75deeeb5 100644
--- a/app/views/exercises/_file_form.html.slim
+++ b/app/views/exercises/_file_form.html.slim
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ li.panel.panel-default
     a.file-heading data-toggle="collapse" href="#collapse#{id}"
       div.clearfix role="button"
         span = f.object.name
-  .panel-collapse.collapse class=('in' if new_file) id="collapse#{id}" role="tabpanel"
+  .panel-collapse.collapse class=('in' if f.object.name.nil?) id="collapse#{id}" role="tabpanel"
     .panel-body
       .clearfix = link_to(t('shared.destroy'), '#', class:'btn btn-warning btn-sm discard-file pull-right')
       .form-group
diff --git a/app/views/exercises/_form.html.slim b/app/views/exercises/_form.html.slim
index b70ef447..bb4aa851 100644
--- a/app/views/exercises/_form.html.slim
+++ b/app/views/exercises/_form.html.slim
@@ -63,10 +63,10 @@
   h2 = t('activerecord.attributes.exercise.files')
   ul#files.list-unstyled.panel-group
     = f.fields_for :files do |files_form|
-      = render('file_form', f: files_form, new_file: false)
+      = render('file_form', f: files_form)
 
   a#add-file.btn.btn-default.btn-sm.pull-right href='#' = t('.add_file')
   ul#dummies.hidden = f.fields_for(:files, CodeOcean::File.new, child_index: 'index') do |files_form|
-    = render('file_form', f: files_form, new_file: true)
+    = render('file_form', f: files_form)
 
   .actions = render('shared/submit_button', f: f, object: @exercise)
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