diff --git a/add_playlist_yt_titles.py b/add_playlist_yt_titles.py
index 6b5924b..380bd3b 100755
--- a/add_playlist_yt_titles.py
+++ b/add_playlist_yt_titles.py
@@ -207,6 +207,25 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 		with socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM) as sock:
 			sock.connect(mpv_socket)
 			sock.sendall(f'playlist-clear; loadlist "{playlist_filename}" append\n'.encode())
+			try:
+				logging.debug('Checking current video to see if it should be removed from start of playlist')
+				def get_property(name: str):
+					sock.sendall(f'{{ "command": ["get_property", "{name}"] }}\n'.encode())
+					response = sock.recv(4096)
+					response_json = json.loads(response)
+					logging.debug(response_json)
+					if response_json['error'] == 'success':
+						return response_json['data']
+					else:
+						raise ValueError(f'Response for get_property {name} was {response_json['error']}')
+				current_filename = get_property('playlist/0/filename')  # 'path' also works
+				next_filename = get_property('playlist/1/filename')
+				if current_filename == next_filename:
+					logging.info('Next video is same as this one, deduplicating')
+					sock.sendall(b'playlist-remove 1\n')
+					sock.sendall(b'show-text ${playlist}\n')
+			except BaseException as e:
+				logging.error('Error deduping head of playlist: {}'.format(e))
 		logging.info('mpv playlist reloaded!')
 	except BaseException as e:
 		logging.error('Error reloading playlist: {}'.format(e))