diff --git a/src/madengine/execution/container_runner.py b/src/madengine/execution/container_runner.py
index eab4af7d..9e056bc1 100644
--- a/src/madengine/execution/container_runner.py
+++ b/src/madengine/execution/container_runner.py
@@ -1546,6 +1546,13 @@ def run_container(
                         print("MODEL REPO COMMIT: ", commit)
                         print("======================================================")
 
+                        model_docker.sh(
+                            f'for f in {dir_path}/*; do '
+                            f'if [ -e "{model_dir}/$(basename $f)" ]; then '
+                            f'echo "ERROR: $f already exists in {model_dir}"; exit 1; fi; '
+                            'done'
+                        )
+
                         # Copy scripts to model directory
                         model_docker.sh(
                             f"cp -vLR --preserve=all {dir_path}/. {model_dir}/"