diff --git a/bots-common/listen.go b/bots-common/listen.go
index 571cc70..1db2537 100644
--- a/bots-common/listen.go
+++ b/bots-common/listen.go
@@ -208,6 +208,9 @@ func ProcessRabbitMQEvents(listenDefs ListenDefinitions, orgs []string) error {
 		}
 	}
 
+	slices.Sort(topics)
+	topics = slices.Compact(topics)
+
 	ch := connectToRabbitMQ(log.Default(), *server, topics)
 
 	for {