diff --git a/cli/catalogue/catalogue.go b/cli/catalogue/catalogue.go
index 77663e1e..2ae00b5d 100644
--- a/cli/catalogue/catalogue.go
+++ b/cli/catalogue/catalogue.go
@@ -146,8 +146,10 @@ A new catalogue copy can be published to the recipes repository by passing the
 					logrus.Fatalf("%s has locally unstaged changes", rm.Name)
 				}
 
-				if err := recipe.EnsureUpToDate(recipeDir); err != nil {
-					logrus.Fatal(err)
+				if recipeName == "" { // don't run twice
+					if err := recipe.EnsureUpToDate(recipeDir); err != nil {
+						logrus.Fatal(err)
+					}
 				}
 
 				ch <- rm.Name