diff --git a/action/index.cjs b/action/index.cjs
index f9482b5..2def837 100644
--- a/action/index.cjs
+++ b/action/index.cjs
@@ -188169,11 +188169,12 @@ const robot = (app) => {
                 const tokensDirectories = (response.data && response.data.length) ? response.data : [];
                 const subdirectoriesWithSameTicker = tokensDirectories.filter((content) => content?.type === "dir" && content?.name?.startsWith(tokenTicker));
                 if (subdirectoriesWithSameTicker.length) {
-                    if (subdirectoriesWithSameTicker[0].name === tokenName) {
+                    const existingToken = subdirectoriesWithSameTicker[0].name;
+                    if (existingToken === tokenName) {
                         // it's just an update to the same token
                         return;
                     }
-                    await fail(`Token with ticker ${tokenTicker} already exists!`);
+                    await fail(`Token with ticker ${tokenTicker} already exists! Existing token id=${existingToken}. New token id=${tokenName}`);
                 }
             }
             async function fail(reason) {
diff --git a/src/bot.ts b/src/bot.ts
index 1fef63f..6ac2c1f 100644
--- a/src/bot.ts
+++ b/src/bot.ts
@@ -244,12 +244,13 @@ export const robot = (app: Probot) => {
           );
 
           if (subdirectoriesWithSameTicker.length) {
-            if (subdirectoriesWithSameTicker[0].name === tokenName) {
+            const existingToken = subdirectoriesWithSameTicker[0].name;
+            if (existingToken === tokenName) {
               // it's just an update to the same token
               return;
             }
 
-            await fail(`Token with ticker ${tokenTicker} already exists!`);
+            await fail(`Token with ticker ${tokenTicker} already exists! Existing token id=${existingToken}. New token id=${tokenName}`);
           }
         }