diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 37670a9..07ee4bf 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Pick one of the options below using the following settings:
 * **DOMAIN:** The domain your subdomain is registered at. (i.e. `foo.com` for `home.foo.com`)
 * **NAME:** Subdomain to use. (name in A record) (i.e. `home` for `home.foo.com`). Multiple subdomains must be separated by semicolons `;`
 * **SLEEP_INTERVAL:** Polling time in seconds. (default: 300)
+* **REMOVE_DUPLICATES:** If set to `"true"`, removes extra DNS records if more than one A record is found on a subdomain. *Note that if this is not enabled, the script will NOT update subdomains with more than one A record* (default: false)
 
 ### Docker (Recommended)
 
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ $ docker run -d --name dyndns \
     -e DOMAIN="yourdomain.com" \
     -e NAME="subdomain" \
     -e SLEEP_INTERVAL=2 \
+    -e REMOVE_DUPLICATES="true" \
     tunix/digitalocean-dyndns
 ```
 
diff --git a/dyndns.sh b/dyndns.sh
index acf6409..cead896 100755
--- a/dyndns.sh
+++ b/dyndns.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 api_host="https://api.digitalocean.com/v2"
 sleep_interval=${SLEEP_INTERVAL:-300}
+remove_duplicates=${REMOVE_DUPLICATES:-"false"}
 
 services=(
     "ifconfig.co"
@@ -45,17 +46,21 @@ while ( true ); do
             record_data=$(echo $domain_records| jq -r ".domain_records[] | select(.type == \"A\" and .name == \"$sub\") | .data")
 
             if [ $(echo "$record_id" | wc -l) -ge 2 ]; then :
-                echo "'$sub' domain name has duplicate DNS records, removing duplicates"
-                record_id_to_delete=$(echo "$record_id"| tail -n +2)
-                record_id=$(echo "$record_id"| head -1)
-                record_data=$(echo "$record_data"| head -1)
+              if [[ "${remove_duplicates}" == "true" ]]; then :
+                  echo "'$sub' domain name has duplicate DNS records, removing duplicates"
+                  record_id_to_delete=$(echo "$record_id"| tail -n +2)
+                  record_id=$(echo "$record_id"| head -1)
+                  record_data=$(echo "$record_data"| head -1)
 
-                while IFS= read -r line; do
-                    curl -s -X DELETE \
-                        -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-                        -H "Authorization: Bearer $DIGITALOCEAN_TOKEN" \
-                        "$dns_list/$line" &> /dev/null
-                done <<< "$record_id_to_delete"
+                  while IFS= read -r line; do
+                      curl -s -X DELETE \
+                          -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+                          -H "Authorization: Bearer $DIGITALOCEAN_TOKEN" \
+                          "$dns_list/$line" &> /dev/null
+                  done <<< "$record_id_to_delete"
+              else :
+                  echo "Unable to update '$sub' domain name as it has duplicate DNS records. Set REMOVE_DUPLICATES='true' to remove them."
+                  continue
             fi
 
             # re-enable glob expansion