diff --git a/routes/song_router.py b/routes/song_router.py
index 87c730f..54a0870 100644
--- a/routes/song_router.py
+++ b/routes/song_router.py
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ def update_song(song_id: int, song_data: SongCreate, db: DB_dependency):
     if song is None:
         raise HTTPException(status.HTTP_404_NOT_FOUND)
 
+    # simply check if the title is being changed to an already existing title, if so, throw an error. Copied from create_song
+    num_existing = db.query(Song_DB).filter(Song_DB.title == song_data.title).count()
+    if num_existing > 0:
+        raise HTTPException(status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST, detail="Ths post already exists")
     # This does not allow one to "unset" values that could be null but aren't currently
     for var, value in vars(song_data).items():
         setattr(song, var, value) if value else None