diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index a01ae5d..6072bdc 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -346,8 +346,15 @@ class ServerlessOfflineSns {
       );
     }
 
-    this.log(`Creating topic: "${topicName}" for fn "${fnName}"`);
-    const data = await this.snsAdapter.createTopic(topicName);
+    const { Topics } = await this.snsAdapter.listTopics();
+
+    let data = Topics.find((sub) => sub.TopicArn.split(":").pop() === topicName);
+
+    if(!data || !data.TopicArn){
+        this.log(`Creating topic: "${topicName}" for fn "${fnName}"`);
+        data = await this.snsAdapter.createTopic(topicName);
+    }
+
     this.debug("topic: " + JSON.stringify(data));
     const handler = await this.createHandler(fnName, fn, lambdasLocation);
     await this.snsAdapter.subscribe(
@@ -566,4 +573,4 @@ class ServerlessOfflineSns {
   }
 }
 
-export default ServerlessOfflineSns;
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+export default ServerlessOfflineSns;