diff --git a/cmd/streamdata/main.go b/cmd/streamdata/main.go
index 9b57ade..cd3edf3 100644
--- a/cmd/streamdata/main.go
+++ b/cmd/streamdata/main.go
@@ -112,6 +112,16 @@ func main() {
 				return err
 			}
 
+			var e *streamdata.VOD
+			if e, err = channel.Load(&ident); err != nil {
+				if !errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
+					return err
+				}
+			} else {
+				printVOD(e)
+				return errors.New("attempting to overwrite existing vod")
+			}
+
 			return channel.Add(&ident, func(
 				v *streamdata.VOD,
 				w io.Writer,