diff --git a/src/RepoM.App/App.xaml.cs b/src/RepoM.App/App.xaml.cs
index 0d113996..5552e1d4 100644
--- a/src/RepoM.App/App.xaml.cs
+++ b/src/RepoM.App/App.xaml.cs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ namespace RepoM.App;
 using RepoM.App.i18n;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
+using Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.WebApi;
 using RepoM.Api.Plugins;
 using RepoM.App.Plugins;
 using Serilog;
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ namespace RepoM.App;
 /// </summary>
 public partial class App : Application
 {
+    private static Mutex? _mutex;
     private static IRepositoryMonitor? _repositoryMonitor;
     private TaskbarIcon? _notifyIcon;
     private ModuleService? _moduleService;
@@ -37,6 +39,11 @@ public partial class App : Application
     [STAThread]
     public static void Main()
     {
+        if (IsAlreadyRunning())
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
         Thread.CurrentThread.Name ??= "UI";
         var app = new App();
         app.InitializeComponent();
@@ -109,7 +116,9 @@ protected override void OnExit(ExitEventArgs e)
 
 // #pragma warning disable CA1416 // Validate platform compatibility
         _notifyIcon?.Dispose();
-// #pragma warning restore CA1416 // Validate platform compatibility
+        // #pragma warning restore CA1416 // Validate platform compatibility
+
+        ReleaseAndDisposeMutex();
 
         base.OnExit(e);
     }
@@ -149,5 +158,49 @@ private static void UseRepositoryMonitor(Container container)
         _repositoryMonitor.Observe();
     }
 
+    private static bool IsAlreadyRunning()
+    {
+        bool createdNew;
+        
+        try
+        {
+            _mutex = new Mutex(true, "Local\\github.com/coenm/RepoM", out createdNew);
+        }
+        catch (Exception)
+        {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        if (!createdNew)
+        {
+            _mutex.Dispose();
+            _mutex = null;
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    private static void ReleaseAndDisposeMutex()
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            _mutex?.ReleaseMutex();
+        }
+        catch (Exception)
+        {
+            // ignore
+        }
+
+        try
+        {
+            _mutex?.Dispose();
+        }
+        catch (Exception)
+        {
+            // ignore
+        }
+    }
+
     public static string? AvailableUpdate { get; private set; } = null;
 }
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