diff --git a/src/modules/serverSideStorage.js b/src/modules/serverSideStorage.js
index 56164be7ac..c933ce8df0 100644
--- a/src/modules/serverSideStorage.js
+++ b/src/modules/serverSideStorage.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { toRaw } from 'vue'
-import { isEqual, cloneDeep, set, get, clamp, flatten, groupBy, findLastIndex, takeRight } from 'lodash'
+import { isEqual, cloneDeep, set, get, clamp, flatten, groupBy, findLastIndex, takeRight, uniqWith } from 'lodash'
 import { CURRENT_UPDATE_COUNTER } from 'src/components/update_notification/update_notification.js'
 
 export const VERSION = 1
@@ -149,12 +149,21 @@ const _mergeJournal = (...journals) => {
     if (path.startsWith('collections')) {
       const lastRemoveIndex = findLastIndex(journal, ({ operation }) => operation === 'removeFromCollection')
       // everything before last remove is unimportant
+      let remainder
       if (lastRemoveIndex > 0) {
-        return journal.slice(lastRemoveIndex)
+        remainder = journal.slice(lastRemoveIndex)
       } else {
         // everything else doesn't need trimming
-        return journal
+        remainder = journal
       }
+      return uniqWith(remainder, (a, b) => {
+        if (a.path !== b.path) { return false }
+        if (a.operation !== b.operation) { return false }
+        if (a.operation === 'addToCollection') {
+          return a.args[0] === b.args[0]
+        }
+        return false
+      })
     } else if (path.startsWith('simple')) {
       // Only the last record is important
       return takeRight(journal)
diff --git a/test/unit/specs/modules/serverSideStorage.spec.js b/test/unit/specs/modules/serverSideStorage.spec.js
index be249eeded..2e43263aed 100644
--- a/test/unit/specs/modules/serverSideStorage.spec.js
+++ b/test/unit/specs/modules/serverSideStorage.spec.js
@@ -148,6 +148,18 @@ describe('The serverSideStorage module', () => {
           timestamp: state.prefsStorage._journal[1].timestamp
         })
       })
+
+      it('should remove duplicate entries from journal', () => {
+        const state = cloneDeep(defaultState)
+        setPreference(state, { path: 'simple.testing', value: 1 })
+        setPreference(state, { path: 'simple.testing', value: 1 })
+        addCollectionPreference(state, { path: 'collections.testing', value: 2 })
+        addCollectionPreference(state, { path: 'collections.testing', value: 2 })
+        updateCache(state, { username: 'test' })
+        expect(state.prefsStorage.simple.testing).to.eql(1)
+        expect(state.prefsStorage.collections.testing).to.eql([2])
+        expect(state.prefsStorage._journal.length).to.eql(2)
+      })
     })
   })