diff --git a/packages/syft/src/syft/service/api/api.py b/packages/syft/src/syft/service/api/api.py
index 0c18d8a2356..2c44b6dd739 100644
--- a/packages/syft/src/syft/service/api/api.py
+++ b/packages/syft/src/syft/service/api/api.py
@@ -28,6 +28,16 @@ class CustomAPIEndpoint(SyftObject):
     __attr_searchable__ = ["path"]
     __attr_unique__ = ["path"]
 
+    def __eq__(self, other: Any) -> bool:
+        if isinstance(other, CustomAPIEndpoint):
+            return (
+                self.path == other.path
+                and self.api_code == other.api_code
+                and self.signature == other.signature
+                and self.func_name == other.func_name
+            )
+        return self == other
+
     def exec(self, context: AuthedServiceContext, **kwargs: Any) -> Any:
         try:
             inner_function = ast.parse(self.api_code).body[0]
@@ -43,7 +53,7 @@ def exec(self, context: AuthedServiceContext, **kwargs: Any) -> Any:
             return context, result
         except Exception as e:
             print(f"Failed to run CustomAPIEndpoint Code. {e}")
-            return SyftError(e)
+            return SyftError(message=e)
 
 
 def get_signature(func: Callable) -> Signature:
diff --git a/packages/syft/src/syft/service/api/api_service.py b/packages/syft/src/syft/service/api/api_service.py
index 4ccfaa862cb..56041bdc6dd 100644
--- a/packages/syft/src/syft/service/api/api_service.py
+++ b/packages/syft/src/syft/service/api/api_service.py
@@ -53,6 +53,16 @@ def update(
         res = self.check_type(endpoint, CustomAPIEndpoint)
         if res.is_err():
             return res
+        old_endpoint = self.get_by_path(credentials=credentials, path=endpoint.path)
+        if old_endpoint and old_endpoint.ok():
+            old_endpoint = old_endpoint.ok()
+            old_endpoint = old_endpoint[0]
+
+            if old_endpoint == endpoint:
+                return Ok(endpoint)
+            else:
+                super().delete_by_uid(credentials=credentials, uid=old_endpoint.id)
+
         result = super().set(
             credentials=credentials, obj=res.ok(), ignore_duplicates=True
         )