diff --git a/oxen/Cargo.lock b/oxen/Cargo.lock
index 2c6cc31..e51864b 100644
--- a/oxen/Cargo.lock
+++ b/oxen/Cargo.lock
@@ -3065,9 +3065,9 @@ checksum = "4ec2a862134d2a7d32d7983ddcdd1c4923530833c9f2ea1a44fc5fa473989058"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "liboxen"
-version = "0.24.0"
+version = "0.24.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "278dec93798898bcb0ca4f135642099ae5d35850b594aa50e6e19d9482efd97d"
+checksum = "ff3a79a9597b91659b8f54b40449abb45394d997bfaf9b8bb8c8966e81295ad8"
 dependencies = [
  "actix-files",
  "actix-web",
@@ -3746,7 +3746,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "oxen"
-version = "0.18.1"
+version = "0.18.2"
 dependencies = [
  "bindgen 0.70.1",
  "cc",
diff --git a/oxen/Cargo.toml b/oxen/Cargo.toml
index a2d6d6c..56bcfce 100644
--- a/oxen/Cargo.toml
+++ b/oxen/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "oxen"
-version = "0.18.1"
+version = "0.18.2"
 edition = "2021"
 
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ polars = { version = "0.44.0", features = [
 ] }
 serde_json = "1.0.106"
 uuid = { version = "1.4.1", features = ["serde", "v4"] }
-liboxen = "0.24.0"
+liboxen = "0.24.1"
 # liboxen = { path = "../../Oxen/src/lib" }
 
 [build-dependencies]
diff --git a/oxen/src/py_workspace.rs b/oxen/src/py_workspace.rs
index 878b579..9a4dcaf 100644
--- a/oxen/src/py_workspace.rs
+++ b/oxen/src/py_workspace.rs
@@ -30,6 +30,19 @@ impl PyWorkspace {
     ) -> Result<Self, PyOxenError> {
         let name = name.unwrap_or_else(|| format!("workspace-{}", Uuid::new_v4()));
 
+        // Get the workspace by name
+        let workspace = pyo3_asyncio::tokio::get_runtime().block_on(async {
+            api::client::workspaces::get_by_name(&repo.repo, &name).await
+        })?;
+
+        if let Some(workspace) = workspace {
+            return Ok(Self {
+                repo,
+                branch_name: branch_name.clone(),
+                id: workspace.id,
+            });
+        }
+
         let workspace = pyo3_asyncio::tokio::get_runtime().block_on(async {
             api::client::workspaces::create_with_path(
                 &repo.repo,