diff --git a/server/managers/PodcastManager.js b/server/managers/PodcastManager.js
index 46f61902..f234e958 100644
--- a/server/managers/PodcastManager.js
+++ b/server/managers/PodcastManager.js
@@ -84,6 +84,13 @@ class PodcastManager {
     SocketAuthority.emitter('episode_download_started', podcastEpisodeDownload.toJSONForClient())
     this.currentDownload = podcastEpisodeDownload
 
+    // If this file already exists then append the episode id to the filename
+    //  e.g. "/tagesschau 20 Uhr.mp3" becomes "/tagesschau 20 Uhr (ep_asdfasdf).mp3"
+    //  this handles podcasts where every title is the same (ref https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/issues/1802)
+    if (await fs.pathExists(this.currentDownload.targetPath)) {
+      this.currentDownload.appendEpisodeId = true
+    }
+
     // Ignores all added files to this dir
     this.watcher.addIgnoreDir(this.currentDownload.libraryItem.path)
 
diff --git a/server/objects/PodcastEpisodeDownload.js b/server/objects/PodcastEpisodeDownload.js
index 601b7e60..6c4b343e 100644
--- a/server/objects/PodcastEpisodeDownload.js
+++ b/server/objects/PodcastEpisodeDownload.js
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ class PodcastEpisodeDownload {
     this.isFinished = false
     this.failed = false
 
+    this.appendEpisodeId = false
+
     this.startedAt = null
     this.createdAt = null
     this.finishedAt = null
@@ -29,6 +31,7 @@ class PodcastEpisodeDownload {
       libraryId: this.libraryId || null,
       isFinished: this.isFinished,
       failed: this.failed,
+      appendEpisodeId: this.appendEpisodeId,
       startedAt: this.startedAt,
       createdAt: this.createdAt,
       finishedAt: this.finishedAt,
@@ -52,7 +55,9 @@ class PodcastEpisodeDownload {
   }
 
   get targetFilename() {
-    return sanitizeFilename(`${this.podcastEpisode.title}.${this.fileExtension}`)
+    const appendage = this.appendEpisodeId ? ` (${this.podcastEpisode.id})` : ''
+    const filename = `${this.podcastEpisode.title}${appendage}.${this.fileExtension}`
+    return sanitizeFilename(filename)
   }
   get targetPath() {
     return Path.join(this.libraryItem.path, this.targetFilename)
diff --git a/server/objects/entities/PodcastEpisode.js b/server/objects/entities/PodcastEpisode.js
index 394a0bea..a9f39fbf 100644
--- a/server/objects/entities/PodcastEpisode.js
+++ b/server/objects/entities/PodcastEpisode.js
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ class PodcastEpisode {
   }
   get size() { return this.audioFile.metadata.size }
   get enclosureUrl() {
-    return this.enclosure ? this.enclosure.url : null
+    return this.enclosure?.url || null
   }
   get pubYear() {
     if (!this.publishedAt) return null