diff --git a/src/bookmarks.rs b/src/bookmarks.rs
index 7e83ba3..499b981 100644
--- a/src/bookmarks.rs
+++ b/src/bookmarks.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use std::str::FromStr;
 use dirs::{config_dir, home_dir};
 
 use super::{config::*, util::to_rooted};
-use config_parser::{apply_format, make_padding_string, RESET_SEQ};
+use config_parser::{apply_format, generate_style_sequence, make_padding_string, RESET_SEQ, STYLES};
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct Bookmarks {
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ impl Bookmarks {
     pub fn add_bookmark(&mut self, name: &String, path: &PathBuf) -> Result<()> {
         let mut path = path.to_path_buf();
         to_rooted(&mut path)?;
+        if self.bookmarks.contains_key(name) {
+            return Err(Error::other(format!("-- bookmark with name `{name}` already exists")));
+        }
         if !path.is_dir() {
             return Err(Error::other(
                 "-- provided path argument does not point to a valid directory",
diff --git a/src/debug.rs b/src/debug.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index a224baf..0000000
--- a/src/debug.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-
-pub fn debug_print(string: &str) {
-    println!("echo '{}' && ", string);
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 83027c7..5d5f1cb 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ mod bookmarks;
 mod stack;
 mod output;
 mod util;
-mod debug;
 
 use arguments::*;
 use clap::Parser;
@@ -192,7 +191,7 @@ fn list_bookmarks(config: &Config, bookmarks: &mut Bookmarks, output: &mut Outpu
 }
 
 fn add_bookmarks(args: &BookmarkSubArgs, config: &Config, bookmarks: &mut Bookmarks, output: &mut Output) -> Result<()> {
-    let path = match args.path.clone() {
+    let mut path = match args.path.clone() {
         Some(value) => value,
         None => return Err(Error::other("-- missing path argument")),
     };
@@ -201,7 +200,10 @@ fn add_bookmarks(args: &BookmarkSubArgs, config: &Config, bookmarks: &mut Bookma
     if config.general.show_books_on_bookmark {
         output.push_info(&bookmarks.to_formatted_string(config)?);
     } else {
-        output.push_info(&format!("added bookmark `{}{}{}`.", generate_style_sequence(Some(STYLES.set.bold), None, None), args.name, RESET_SEQ));
+        _ = to_rooted(&mut path);
+        output.push_info(&format!("added bookmark `{}{}{} = {}{}{}`.",
+            generate_style_sequence(Some(STYLES.set.bold), None, None), args.name, RESET_SEQ,
+            generate_style_sequence(Some(STYLES.set.italic), None, None), path.to_str().unwrap(), RESET_SEQ));
     }
 
     Ok(())
@@ -219,7 +221,7 @@ fn remove_bookmarks(args: &BookmarkSubArgs, config: &Config, bookmarks: &mut Boo
 }
 
 /// push path to stack and print command to navigate to provided path
-fn push_path(path: &Path, stack: &mut Stack, config: &Config, output: &mut Output) -> Result<()> {
+fn push_path(path: &Path, stack: &mut Stack, _config: &Config, output: &mut Output) -> Result<()> {
     let mut path = path.to_path_buf();
     let mut current_path: PathBuf = current_dir()?;
     to_rooted(&mut path)?;