diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1e5bec1..b12d0af 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1373,9 +1373,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "win32utils"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4531a565ad6375783b6a9f5fdddfa3c92125aefd8de98e48b982b1671c0b341f"
+checksum = "29e4e0a8dbddd5ce90484e9561652b5df02d4e54452251942e47468befcd1565"
 dependencies = [
  "windows 0.58.0",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 970aba4..3b25356 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ serde-xml-rs = "0.6.0"
 sysinfo = "0.31.2"
 
 [target.'cfg(windows)'.dependencies]
-# win32utils = "0.2.0"
-win32utils = "0.3.0"
+win32utils = "0.4.0"
 
 [target.'cfg(windows)'.dependencies.windows]
 version = "0.58.0"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 10fbb17..c478982 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -245,7 +245,16 @@ fn add_to_startup() {
   // check if the program is already in startup
 
   match win32utils::registry::exists(win32utils::registry::HKEY::CurrentUser, subkey, name) {
-    Ok(true) => return,
+    Ok(true) => {
+      let path = std::env::current_exe().unwrap();
+      let existing_path = win32utils::registry::read_string(win32utils::registry::HKEY::CurrentUser, subkey, name).unwrap_or_default();
+
+      println!("Existing path: {}", existing_path);
+
+      if existing_path == path.to_string_lossy() {
+        return;
+      }
+    }
     Ok(false) => {}
     Err(error) => {
       eprintln!("Failed to check registry key: {}", error.to_string());