diff --git a/auto-boot-ollama-pc.sh b/auto-boot-ollama-pc.sh
index 06b96a1..3e203b6 100755
--- a/auto-boot-ollama-pc.sh
+++ b/auto-boot-ollama-pc.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -euo pipefail
+SCRIPTNAME=$(basename "$(readlink -f "$0")")
 
 # ========= Configuration =========
 CONTAINER_NAME="paperless-ai"
@@ -7,11 +8,18 @@ OLLAMA_HOST="192.168.222.12"
 OLLAMA_PORT="11434"
 ERROR_PATTERN="Error: \[ERROR\] Document analysis failed: connect EHOSTUNREACH $OLLAMA_HOST:$OLLAMA_PORT"
 
+
 # Tools (adjust if your distro uses different names)
 WOL_CMD="wakeonlan"                               # or "etherwake -i eth0 $WOL_MAC"
 NC_CMD="nc"                                       # netcat
 DOCKER="docker"
 
+# Ensure only one instance of this script is running
+if pgrep -f $SCRIPTNAME 1>/dev/null; then
+  echo "Killing running instance of $SCRIPTNAME..." 
+  pgrep -f -- "$SCRIPTNAME" | grep -vw "$$" | xargs -r kill -KILL
+fi
+
 log() { printf '[%(%F %T)T] %s\n' -1 "$*"; }
 
 ${DOCKER} logs -f --since 0s "${CONTAINER_NAME}" 2>&1 | \