diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b9ab56c..7d6c0ab 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -549,6 +549,19 @@ $ stup copy --from 2020-01-15 --to 2020-02-01
 $ stup copy --to tomorrow -c blocking
 ```
 
+If no notes are found on the `--from` date, stup will prompt the user to copy from the last date before that date:
+```
+Failed to find notes for category personal on Thursday March 24, 2022. Looked up for file: /path/to/.stup/personal/2022/03/2022-03-24.md
+Do you want to copy the last notes added in this category before Thursday March 24, 2022 with stup? (y/n) y
+About to copy notes from Wednesday March 23, 2022 to Friday March 25, 2022 for category personal
+
+- Worked on some PRs
+
+
+>>> Copy this note [y,n,q,a]?:
+```
+
+
 ### Add a new category
 
 To add a new category to save notes into use the following command.
diff --git a/stup b/stup
index da4abc6..3d9d683 100755
--- a/stup
+++ b/stup
@@ -331,7 +331,33 @@ execute_copy()
 
   if ! [ -s "$copy_from_file" ]; then
     print_error "Failed to find notes for category $CATEGORY on $(display_date $FROM_AT). Looked up for file: $copy_from_file"
-    exit 1
+    read -e -p "Do you want to copy the last notes added in this category before $(display_date $FROM_AT) with stup? (y/n) " copy_from_last_entries
+
+    if [ "$(resolve_boolean "$copy_from_last_entries")" = "true" ]; then
+      if [[ $CATEGORY ]]; then
+        copy_from_root_path="$REPOSITORY_ROOT/$CATEGORY"
+      else
+        copy_from_root_path="$REPOSITORY_ROOT"
+      fi
+
+      # Find last date before the copy_from_date given
+      IFS=$'\n' read -r -d '' -a date < <(find "$copy_from_root_path" -type f | grep -Po '[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}(?=\.md$)' | awk -v date="$FROM_AT" '$1 < date { print }' | sort | uniq | tail -1)
+
+      if [ -z "$date" ]; then
+        print_error "Failed to find notes for category $CATEGORY before $(display_date $FROM_AT)."
+        exit 1
+      fi
+
+      FROM_AT=$date
+
+      YEAR=$(echo $date | cut -d- -f1)
+      MONTH=$(echo $date | cut -d- -f2)
+      DAY=$(echo $date | cut -d- -f3)
+
+      copy_from_file="$copy_from_root_path/$YEAR/$MONTH/$YEAR-$MONTH-$DAY.md"
+    else
+      exit 0
+    fi
   fi
 
   if [ "$copy_from_file" = $target_file ]; then