diff --git a/ldm/modules/textual_inversion_manager.py b/ldm/modules/textual_inversion_manager.py
index bf0d3ed8b9..be44c4c857 100644
--- a/ldm/modules/textual_inversion_manager.py
+++ b/ldm/modules/textual_inversion_manager.py
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ class TextualInversionManager:
                     embedding_info["name"],
                     embedding_info["embedding"],
                     defer_injecting_tokens=defer_injecting_tokens,
+                    source_file=ckpt_path,
                 )
             except ValueError as e:
                 print(f'   | Ignoring incompatible embedding {embedding_info["name"]}')
@@ -112,7 +113,7 @@ class TextualInversionManager:
             )
 
     def _add_textual_inversion(
-        self, trigger_str, embedding, defer_injecting_tokens=False
+            self, trigger_str, embedding, defer_injecting_tokens=False, source_file=Path
     ) -> TextualInversion:
         """
         Add a textual inversion to be recognised.
@@ -120,11 +121,13 @@ class TextualInversionManager:
         :param embedding: The actual embedding data that will be inserted into the conditioning at the point where the token_str appears.
         :return: The token id for the added embedding, either existing or newly-added.
         """
-        if trigger_str in [ti.trigger_string for ti in self.textual_inversions]:
+        triggers = [ti.trigger_string for ti in self.textual_inversions]
+        if trigger_str in triggers:
+            new_trigger_str = f'<{source_file.stem}>'
             print(
-                f">> TextualInversionManager refusing to overwrite already-loaded token '{trigger_str}'"
+                f">> {source_file.parents[0].name}/{source_file.name}: Trigger token '{trigger_str}' already in use. Trigger with {new_trigger_str}"
             )
-            return
+            trigger_str = new_trigger_str
         if not self.full_precision:
             embedding = embedding.half()
         if len(embedding.shape) == 1: