diff --git a/src/wormhole/cli/cmd_receive.py b/src/wormhole/cli/cmd_receive.py
index e65c83c..e5e11c0 100644
--- a/src/wormhole/cli/cmd_receive.py
+++ b/src/wormhole/cli/cmd_receive.py
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ class Receiver:
         with self.args.timing.add("permission", waiting="user") as t:
             while True and not self.args.accept_file:
                 ok = six.moves.input("ok? (Y/n): ")
-                if not ok.lower().startswith("n"):
+                if ok.lower().startswith("y") or len(ok) == 0:
                     if os.path.exists(self.abs_destname):
                         self._remove_existing(self.abs_destname)
                     break