diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index b8197d049fbe7cba103000b1b4e8c3915492beef..7e913db4418beb420ef4d8f01558b25a4f7d9d6a 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changes
 
+## 0.8.10:
+
+* **Bugfix**: Updated the config to actually enable the deduplication
+
 ## 0.8.9 (04.12.2019)
 
 * **Update**: Updated TEI editor to address duplicate metadata issue
diff --git a/editor/static/editor/js/tei-editor.js b/editor/static/editor/js/tei-editor.js
index a8bdf42f97c4ca922e19a3490e04f21c1566660c..b3cd75c24d11d8d87a225fd9102cd80bfa8ae798 100644
--- a/editor/static/editor/js/tei-editor.js
+++ b/editor/static/editor/js/tei-editor.js
@@ -28,6 +28,17 @@
                                     {
                                         tag: 'tei:respStmt',
                                         multiple: true,
+                                        deduplicate: {
+                                            key: 'attrs.xml:id',
+                                            merge: [
+                                                {
+                                                    tag: 'tei:resp',
+                                                },
+                                                {
+                                                    tag: 'tei:name'
+                                                },
+                                            ],
+                                        },
                                         attrs: {
                                             'xml:id': '_attrs.xml:id'
                                         },
diff --git a/scripts/tei-editor/config.js b/scripts/tei-editor/config.js
index e7ce2ee9f744a3499c0d4ced790e16137fd599a9..044ea36838a8ba423f932feb8d10258a88acb9ee 100644
--- a/scripts/tei-editor/config.js
+++ b/scripts/tei-editor/config.js
@@ -28,6 +28,17 @@
                                     {
                                         tag: 'tei:respStmt',
                                         multiple: true,
+                                        deduplicate: {
+                                            key: 'attrs.xml:id',
+                                            merge: [
+                                                {
+                                                    tag: 'tei:resp',
+                                                },
+                                                {
+                                                    tag: 'tei:name'
+                                                },
+                                            ],
+                                        },
                                         attrs: {
                                             'xml:id': '_attrs.xml:id'
                                         },