diff --git a/ctctl b/ctctl
index 8af4324..efc0168 100755
--- a/ctctl
+++ b/ctctl
@@ -274,6 +274,10 @@ load_policies(){
         kill -INT $$
       fi
       for PFILE in $(ls ${DIR}/vault/policies/*.hcl 2>/dev/null); do
+        if [ "${DIR}" = "./output" -a -e "$(echo ${PFILE} | sed -E 's|^\./output/|./|')" ]; then
+          echo "Skiping ${FILE} as $(echo ${PFILE} | sed -E 's|^\./output/|./|') will take precedence"
+          continue
+        fi
         PNAME=$(basename ${PFILE} .hcl)
         echo "Loading vault policy ${PNA}"
         replace_conf_var ${PFILE} | vault policy write ${PNAME} -
@@ -287,6 +291,10 @@ load_policies(){
       CONSUL_CUR_POLICIES=$(consul acl policy list -format=json)
       for PFILE in $(ls ${DIR}/consul/policies/*.hcl 2>/dev/null); do
         PNAME=$(basename ${PFILE} .hcl)
+        if [ "${DIR}" = "./output" -a -e "$(echo ${PFILE} | sed -E 's|^\./output/|./|')" ]; then
+          echo "Skiping ${FILE} as $(echo ${PFILE} | sed -E 's|^\./output/|./|') will take precedence"
+          continue
+        fi
         # Consul do not use the same command to create a new policy and to update an existing one
         # so we need to detect if the policy already exists
         if [ "$(echo ${CONSUL_CUR_POLICIES} | jq -r '.[] | select(.Name=='\"${PNAME}\"') | .Name')" == "${PNAME}" ]; then
@@ -305,6 +313,10 @@ load_policies(){
       fi
       for PFILE in $(ls ${DIR}nomad/policies/*.hcl 2>/dev/null); do
         PNAME=$(basename ${PFILE} .hcl)
+        if [ "${DIR}" = "./output" -a -e "$(echo ${PFILE} | sed -E 's|^\./output/|./|')" ]; then
+          echo "Skiping ${FILE} as $(echo ${PFILE} | sed -E 's|^\./output/|./|') will take precedence"
+          continue
+        fi
         echo "Loading Nomad policy ${PNAME}"
         replace_conf_var ${PFILE} | nomad acl policy apply ${PNAME} -
       done
@@ -324,6 +336,10 @@ load_consul_conf(){
       # Note : service-defaults should be loaded before the others
       # but that should be the case
       for FILE in $(ls ${DIR}/consul/config/*.hcl 2>/dev/null); do
+        if [ "${DIR}" = "./output" -a -e "$(echo ${FILE} | sed -E 's|^\./output/|./|')" ]; then
+          echo "Skiping ${FILE} as $(echo ${FILE} | sed -E 's|^\./output/|./|') will take precedence"
+          continue
+        fi
         echo "Loading consul conf from ${FILE}"
         TEMP=$(mktemp)
         replace_conf_var ${FILE} > ${TEMP}
@@ -336,6 +352,10 @@ load_consul_conf(){
       for KIND in service-defaults service-intentions service-router service-resolver proxy-defaults; do
         if [ -d ${DIR}/consul/config/${KIND} ]; then
           for FILE in $(ls ${DIR}/consul/config/${KIND}/*.hcl 2>/dev/null); do
+            if [ "${DIR}" = "./output" -a -e "$(echo ${FILE} | sed -E 's|^\./output/|./|')" ]; then
+              echo "Skiping ${FILE} as $(echo ${FILE} | sed -E 's|^\./output/|./|') will take precedence"
+              continue
+            fi
             echo "Loading consul conf from ${FILE}"
             TEMP=$(mktemp)
             replace_conf_var ${FILE} > ${TEMP}