diff --git a/extension/Classes/Core/AbstractBuildForm.php b/extension/Classes/Core/AbstractBuildForm.php
index 786522b25a1682a2afc6706e2db0f9b8e197eed2..43c104acb077464c8846c364d70ecb958b68a6a6 100644
--- a/extension/Classes/Core/AbstractBuildForm.php
+++ b/extension/Classes/Core/AbstractBuildForm.php
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ namespace IMATHUZH\Qfq\Core;
 
 use IMATHUZH\Qfq\Core\Database\Database;
 use IMATHUZH\Qfq\Core\Form\Checkbox;
+use IMATHUZH\Qfq\Core\Form\FormAsFile;
 use IMATHUZH\Qfq\Core\Helper\HelperFile;
 use IMATHUZH\Qfq\Core\Helper\HelperFormElement;
 use IMATHUZH\Qfq\Core\Helper\KeyValueStringParser;
@@ -556,7 +557,12 @@ abstract class AbstractBuildForm {
         $record = array();
 
         if ($recordId != 0) {
-            $record = $this->dbArray[$this->dbIndexData]->sql("SELECT * FROM `$tableName` WHERE `$primaryKey`=?", ROW_EXPECT_1, [$recordId], "Record to load not found.");
+            $record = $this->dbArray[$this->dbIndexData]->sql("SELECT * FROM `$tableName` WHERE `$primaryKey`=?", ROW_EXPECT_1, [$recordId], "Record to load not found. " . FormAsFile::errorHintFormImport($tableName));
+        }
+
+        if (isset($record[F_FILE_STATS])) {
+            // why: The column "fileStats" in the Form table is modified when a form is exported to a file but nothing else changes.
+            unset($record[F_FILE_STATS]);
         }
 
         return OnArray::getMd5($record);
diff --git a/extension/Classes/Core/Form/Dirty.php b/extension/Classes/Core/Form/Dirty.php
index 9f976f3529a9f17ec916903128a3b199eb1ec44e..8f85041af9c9dc2c4420f67ad89a8a02e637fbe5 100644
--- a/extension/Classes/Core/Form/Dirty.php
+++ b/extension/Classes/Core/Form/Dirty.php
@@ -322,6 +322,11 @@ class Dirty {
 
         $record = $this->dbArray[$this->dbIndexData]->sql("SELECT * FROM `$tableName` WHERE `$primaryKey`=?", ROW_EXPECT_1, [$recordId], "Record to lock not found. " . FormAsFile::errorHintFormImport($tableName));
 
+        if (isset($record[F_FILE_STATS])) {
+            // why: The column "fileStats" in the Form table is modified when a form is exported to a file but nothing else changes.
+            unset($record[F_FILE_STATS]);
+        }
+
         $rcMd5 = OnArray::getMd5($record);
 
         return ($recordHashMd5 != $rcMd5);