diff --git a/Content.Server/GameTicking/Commands/MappingCommand.cs b/Content.Server/GameTicking/Commands/MappingCommand.cs
index 7bad8b642d..4909402ea3 100644
--- a/Content.Server/GameTicking/Commands/MappingCommand.cs
+++ b/Content.Server/GameTicking/Commands/MappingCommand.cs
@@ -64,6 +64,12 @@ namespace Content.Server.GameTicking.Commands
                     return;
             }
 
+            if (mapManager.MapExists(new MapId(mapId)))
+            {
+                shell.WriteLine($"Map {mapId} already exists");
+                return;
+            }
+
             shell.ExecuteCommand("sudo cvar events.enabled false");
             shell.ExecuteCommand($"addmap {mapId} false");
             shell.ExecuteCommand($"loadbp {mapId} \"{CommandParsing.Escape(mapName)}\" true");