diff --git a/components/collections/addCollection.vue b/components/collections/addCollection.vue
index 2789a52d7..c39b7b257 100644
--- a/components/collections/addCollection.vue
+++ b/components/collections/addCollection.vue
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ export default {
   },
   methods: {
     addNewCollection() {
+      if (!this.$data.name) {
+        this.$toast.info('Please provide a valid name for the collection')
+        return;
+      }
       this.$store.commit("postwoman/addNewCollection", {
         name: this.$data.name
       });
diff --git a/components/collections/editCollection.vue b/components/collections/editCollection.vue
index 4021557fe..98c9154be 100644
--- a/components/collections/editCollection.vue
+++ b/components/collections/editCollection.vue
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ export default {
   },
   methods: {
     saveCollection() {
+      if (!this.$data.name) {
+        this.$toast.info('Please provide a valid name for the collection');
+        return;
+      }
       const collectionUpdated = {
         ...this.$props.editingCollection,
         name: this.$data.name
diff --git a/store/postwoman.js b/store/postwoman.js
index 61712fb65..b7ae1258d 100644
--- a/store/postwoman.js
+++ b/store/postwoman.js
@@ -132,6 +132,12 @@ export const mutations = {
 
   editCollection({ collections }, payload) {
     const { collection, collectionIndex } = payload;
+    const { name } = collection
+    const duplicateCollection = collections.some(item => item.name === name)
+    if (duplicateCollection) {
+      this.$toast.info('Duplicate collection');
+      return;
+    }
     collections[collectionIndex] = collection;
   },