diff --git a/app/proxyman/inbound/inbound.go b/app/proxyman/inbound/inbound.go
index 0846b856..3c9fb467 100644
--- a/app/proxyman/inbound/inbound.go
+++ b/app/proxyman/inbound/inbound.go
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ func (m *Manager) AddHandler(ctx context.Context, handler inbound.Handler) error
 
 	tag := handler.Tag()
 	if len(tag) > 0 {
+		if _, found := m.taggedHandlers[tag]; found {
+			return newError("existing tag found: " + tag)
+		}
 		m.taggedHandlers[tag] = handler
 	} else {
 		m.untaggedHandler = append(m.untaggedHandler, handler)
diff --git a/app/proxyman/outbound/outbound.go b/app/proxyman/outbound/outbound.go
index 40f98ba9..8ebcde17 100644
--- a/app/proxyman/outbound/outbound.go
+++ b/app/proxyman/outbound/outbound.go
@@ -109,6 +109,9 @@ func (m *Manager) AddHandler(ctx context.Context, handler outbound.Handler) erro
 
 	tag := handler.Tag()
 	if len(tag) > 0 {
+		if _, found := m.taggedHandler[tag]; found {
+			return newError("existing tag found: " + tag)
+		}
 		m.taggedHandler[tag] = handler
 	} else {
 		m.untaggedHandlers = append(m.untaggedHandlers, handler)