diff --git a/production/scripts/docker-prod-common.sh b/production/scripts/docker-prod-common.sh
index 72bbf2b..ffb5d78 100755
--- a/production/scripts/docker-prod-common.sh
+++ b/production/scripts/docker-prod-common.sh
@@ -456,6 +456,13 @@ wait_for_healthy() {
 start_traefik() {
   ensure_env_file
   ensure_traefik_network
+  local existing_proxy
+  existing_proxy="$(docker ps --filter publish=80 --format '{{.ID}} {{.Image}} {{.Names}}' | awk 'tolower($0) ~ /traefik/ { print $1; exit }')"
+  if [[ -n "${existing_proxy}" ]]; then
+    echo "Using existing Traefik container ${existing_proxy}; skipping duplicate Traefik startup."
+    docker network connect "${TRAEFIK_NETWORK}" "${existing_proxy}" 2>/dev/null || true
+    return 0
+  fi
   traefik_compose up -d
 }
 
diff --git a/scripts/docker-prod-common.sh b/scripts/docker-prod-common.sh
index d8472f1..0dd7161 100644
--- a/scripts/docker-prod-common.sh
+++ b/scripts/docker-prod-common.sh
@@ -503,6 +503,13 @@ start_traefik() {
   ensure_env_file
   ensure_traefik_network
   render_registry_proxy_config
+  local existing_proxy
+  existing_proxy="$(docker ps --filter publish=80 --format '{{.ID}} {{.Image}} {{.Names}}' | awk 'tolower($0) ~ /traefik/ { print $1; exit }')"
+  if [[ -n "${existing_proxy}" ]]; then
+    echo "Using existing Traefik container ${existing_proxy}; skipping duplicate Traefik startup."
+    docker network connect "${TRAEFIK_NETWORK}" "${existing_proxy}" 2>/dev/null || true
+    return 0
+  fi
   traefik_compose up -d
 }