diff --git a/mbtask/taskibc.c b/mbtask/taskibc.c
index ef9be4f2..f1a28bea 100644
--- a/mbtask/taskibc.c
+++ b/mbtask/taskibc.c
@@ -605,6 +605,7 @@ void check_servers(void)
     char	    *errmsg, scfgfn[PATH_MAX];
     FILE	    *fp;
     ncs_list	    *tnsl, **tmp;
+    srv_list	    *srv;
     int		    j, inlist, Remove;
     int		    a1, a2, a3, a4;
     struct servent  *se;
@@ -636,6 +637,13 @@ void check_servers(void)
 			    inlist = TRUE;
 			}
 		    }
+		    for (srv = servers; srv; srv = srv->next) {
+			if (strcmp(srv->server, ibcsrv.server) == 0) {
+			    inlist = TRUE;
+			    Syslog('+', "IBC: can't add new configured server %s: already connected via %s", 
+				    ibcsrv.server, srv->router);
+			}
+		    }
 		    if (!inlist ) {
 			fill_ncslist(&ncsl, ibcsrv.server, ibcsrv.myname, ibcsrv.passwd, ibcsrv.Dyndns);
 			srvchg = TRUE;