diff --git a/governance/xc_admin/packages/xc_admin_frontend/components/tabs/General.tsx b/governance/xc_admin/packages/xc_admin_frontend/components/tabs/General.tsx
index 9a1e973e90..bf1af67f3c 100644
--- a/governance/xc_admin/packages/xc_admin_frontend/components/tabs/General.tsx
+++ b/governance/xc_admin/packages/xc_admin_frontend/components/tabs/General.tsx
@@ -245,10 +245,21 @@ const General = () => {
       }
     })
 
+    // check that there are no duplicate publishers
+    Object.keys(jsonParsed).forEach((symbol) => {
+      if (
+        new Set(jsonParsed[symbol].priceAccounts[0].publishers).size !=
+        jsonParsed[symbol].priceAccounts[0].publishers.length
+      ) {
+        toast.error(`${symbol} has a duplicate publisher.`)
+        isValid = false
+      }
+    })
+
     // check that no price account has more than 32 publishers
     Object.keys(jsonParsed).forEach((symbol) => {
       if (jsonParsed[symbol].priceAccounts[0].publishers.length > 32) {
-        toast.error(`A price account can't have more than 32 publishers.`)
+        toast.error(`${symbol} has more than 32 publishers.`)
         isValid = false
       }
     })