diff --git a/xtask/src/builder.rs b/xtask/src/builder.rs
index 78c074c6e..c149c0ec3 100644
--- a/xtask/src/builder.rs
+++ b/xtask/src/builder.rs
@@ -461,6 +461,36 @@ impl Builder {
         self
     }
 
+    /// Searches through the services and apps name spaces and removes duplicates
+    pub fn deduplicate_processes(&mut self) {
+        let mut pid_names = Vec::<String>::new();
+        let mut dup_indices = Vec::<(usize, usize)>::new();
+        {
+            // ensure the borrows that compose name_spaces go out of scope after searching for duplicates
+            let name_spaces = [&self.services, &self.apps];
+            for (ns, name_space) in name_spaces.iter().enumerate() {
+                for (i, service) in name_space.iter().enumerate() {
+                    if let Some(name) = &service.name() {
+                        if pid_names.contains(&name) {
+                            dup_indices.push((ns, i));
+                        } else {
+                            pid_names.push(name.to_owned());
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        if dup_indices.len() > 0 {
+            println!("~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~");
+            for (dupe_ns, dupe_i) in dup_indices {
+                let removed =
+                    if dupe_ns == 0 { self.services.remove(dupe_i) } else { self.apps.remove(dupe_i) };
+                println!("WARNING: Found duplicate package name, removing later instances of {:?}", removed);
+            }
+            println!("~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~");
+        }
+    }
+
     /// add a feature to be passed on to services
     pub fn add_feature(&mut self, feature: &str) -> &mut Builder {
         self.features.push(feature.into());
diff --git a/xtask/src/main.rs b/xtask/src/main.rs
index 60007ccef..8f50fa5a1 100644
--- a/xtask/src/main.rs
+++ b/xtask/src/main.rs
@@ -787,7 +787,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
             // minimal set of services for app development on a dabao. Need to save space for the app itself!
             let bao_rram_pkgs =
                 ["xous-ticktimer", "xous-log", "xous-names", "usb-bao1x", "bao1x-hal-service"].to_vec();
-            let bao_app_pkgs: Vec<&'static str> = [].to_vec();
+            let bao_app_pkgs: Vec<&'static str> = ["dabao-console"].to_vec();
 
             builder.add_loader_feature("debug-print");
             builder.add_kernel_feature("v2p");
@@ -833,6 +833,14 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
             std::process::exit(1);
         }
     }
+    // clean up any duplicates - this is an artifact of wanting to include dabao-console
+    // as a "default app" to make behavior more intuitive for beginners trying out dabao,
+    // but also wanting to list it in the UI as an app so that developers are /aware/ of
+    // dabao-console as an app they can modify. Simply hiding it by sticking it in the services
+    // directory makes in hard to discover. Maybe this will be changed to handle it entirely
+    // at the UI layer but anyways - this avoids accidental duplicate processes which is a good thing
+    // in general.
+    builder.deduplicate_processes();
     builder.build()?;
 
     // the intent of this call is to check that crates we are sourcing from crates.io