# HELP Module hippo-cms/hippo-repository/hippo-repository-engine already exists while merging projects. Merging of modules is not supported

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**Created:** [June 19, 2023, 10:03am UTC](https://community.bloomreach.com/t/help-module-hippo-cms-hippo-repository-hippo-repository-engine-already-exists-while-merging-projects-merging-of-modules-is-not-supported/3996 "2023-06-19T10:03:06Z")\
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16.06.2023 14:57:44 ERROR localhost-startStop-1 [RepositoryServlet.init:224] Error while setting up JCR repository:

Fri, Jun 16 2023 2:57:44 pmjavax.jcr.RepositoryException: unchecked exception: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Module hippo-cms/hippo-repository/hippo-repository-engine already exists while merging projects. Merging of modules is not supported.

Fri, Jun 16 2023 2:57:44 pm at org.hippoecm.repository.HippoRepositoryFactory.getHippoRepository(HippoRepositoryFactory.java:161) ~[hippo-repository-connector-5.6.8.jar:5.6.8]

Good afternoon, I get this error after a long run

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**Post date:** [June 20, 2023, 8:53am UTC](https://community.bloomreach.com/t/help-module-hippo-cms-hippo-repository-hippo-repository-engine-already-exists-while-merging-projects-merging-of-modules-is-not-supported/3996/2 "2023-06-20T08:53:57Z")

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Sounds like you might have multiple hippo-repository-connector dependencies (jars). Could you check output of your cms/WEb-INF/lib directory if that is the case?