diff --git a/src/core/streams/stream_actions.ts b/src/core/streams/stream_actions.ts
index 42611b5d2..14b86d882 100644
--- a/src/core/streams/stream_actions.ts
+++ b/src/core/streams/stream_actions.ts
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@ import { StreamElement } from "../../elements/stream_element"
 
 export const StreamActions: { [action: string]: (this: StreamElement) => void } = {
   append() {
+    this.removeDuplicateTargetChildren()
     this.targetElement?.append(this.templateContent)
   },
 
   prepend() {
+    this.removeDuplicateTargetChildren()
     this.targetElement?.prepend(this.templateContent)
   },
 
diff --git a/src/elements/stream_element.ts b/src/elements/stream_element.ts
index 433278c25..ed1924ca7 100644
--- a/src/elements/stream_element.ts
+++ b/src/elements/stream_element.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,20 @@ export class StreamElement extends HTMLElement {
   disconnect() {
     try { this.remove() } catch {}
   }
+ 
+  removeDuplicateTargetChildren() {
+    this.duplicateChildren.forEach(({targetChild}) => {
+      targetChild.remove();
+    })
+  }
 
+  get duplicateChildren() {
+    return [...this.templateContent?.children].map(templateChild => {
+      let targetChild = [...this.targetElement!.children].filter(c => c.id === templateChild.id)[0]
+      return { targetChild , templateChild }
+    }).filter(({targetChild}) => targetChild);
+  }
+  
   get performAction() {
     if (this.action) {
       const actionFunction = StreamActions[this.action]
diff --git a/src/tests/unit/stream_element_tests.ts b/src/tests/unit/stream_element_tests.ts
index b1f98bd29..df7c5662b 100644
--- a/src/tests/unit/stream_element_tests.ts
+++ b/src/tests/unit/stream_element_tests.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,23 @@ export class StreamElementTests extends DOMTestCase {
     this.assert.isNull(element.parentElement)
   }
 
+  async "test action=append with children ID already present in target"() {
+    const element = createStreamElement("append", "hello", createTemplateElement(' <div id="child_1">First</div> tail1 '))
+    const element2 = createStreamElement("append", "hello", createTemplateElement('<div id="child_1">New First</div> <div id="child_2">Second</div> tail2 '))
+    this.assert.equal(this.find("#hello")?.textContent, "Hello Turbo")
+
+    this.append(element)
+    await nextAnimationFrame()
+
+    this.assert.equal(this.find("#hello")?.textContent, 'Hello Turbo First tail1 ')
+    this.assert.isNull(element.parentElement)
+
+    this.append(element2)
+    await nextAnimationFrame()
+
+    this.assert.equal(this.find("#hello")?.textContent, 'Hello Turbo  tail1 New First Second tail2 ')
+  }
+
   async "test action=prepend"() {
     const element = createStreamElement("prepend", "hello", createTemplateElement("Streams "))
     this.assert.equal(this.find("#hello")?.textContent, "Hello Turbo")
@@ -29,6 +46,23 @@ export class StreamElementTests extends DOMTestCase {
     this.assert.isNull(element.parentElement)
   }
 
+  async "test action=prepend with children ID already present in target"() {
+    const element = createStreamElement("prepend", "hello", createTemplateElement('<div id="child_1">First</div> tail1 '))
+    const element2 = createStreamElement("prepend", "hello", createTemplateElement('<div id="child_1">New First</div> <div id="child_2">Second</div> tail2 '))
+    this.assert.equal(this.find("#hello")?.textContent, "Hello Turbo")
+
+    this.append(element)
+    await nextAnimationFrame()
+
+    this.assert.equal(this.find("#hello")?.textContent, 'First tail1 Hello Turbo')
+    this.assert.isNull(element.parentElement)
+
+    this.append(element2)
+    await nextAnimationFrame()
+
+    this.assert.equal(this.find("#hello")?.textContent, 'New First Second tail2  tail1 Hello Turbo')
+  }
+
   async "test action=remove"() {
     const element = createStreamElement("remove", "hello")
     this.assert.ok(this.find("#hello"))