diff --git a/src/js/leetcode.js b/src/js/leetcode.js
index 350a143..f8ad76a 100644
--- a/src/js/leetcode.js
+++ b/src/js/leetcode.js
@@ -212,10 +212,17 @@ async function updateReadmeTopicTagsWithProblem(topicTags, problemName) {
     }
   }
 
+  const readmeBeforeProcessing = readme;
+
   for (const topic of topicTags) {
     readme = await appendProblemToReadme(topic.name, readme, leethub_hook, problemName);
   }
 
+  if (readme === readmeBeforeProcessing) {
+    console.log(`No README changes detected for ${problemName}, skipping topics upload.`);
+    return;
+  }
+
   readme = sortTopicsInReadme(readme);
 
   const encodedReadme = btoa(unescape(encodeURIComponent(readme)));