diff --git a/src/utils/db/db.ts b/src/utils/db/db.ts
index 85eba09f..60168f63 100644
--- a/src/utils/db/db.ts
+++ b/src/utils/db/db.ts
@@ -570,10 +570,15 @@ export class DB {
         distinctId: string
     ): Promise<ProducerRecord | void> {
         const insertResult = await client.query(
-            'INSERT INTO posthog_persondistinctid (distinct_id, person_id, team_id) VALUES ($1, $2, $3) RETURNING *',
+            'INSERT INTO posthog_persondistinctid (distinct_id, person_id, team_id) VALUES ($1, $2, $3) ON CONFLICT DO NOTHING RETURNING *',
             [distinctId, person.id, person.team_id]
         )
 
+        // some other thread already added this ID
+        if (insertResult.rows.length === 0) {
+            return
+        }
+
         const personDistinctIdCreated = insertResult.rows[0] as PersonDistinctId
         if (this.kafkaProducer) {
             return {
diff --git a/src/worker/ingestion/process-event.ts b/src/worker/ingestion/process-event.ts
index 5ed715b7..e785ba18 100644
--- a/src/worker/ingestion/process-event.ts
+++ b/src/worker/ingestion/process-event.ts
@@ -291,7 +291,8 @@ export class EventsProcessor {
             try {
                 await this.db.addDistinctId(oldPerson, distinctId)
                 // Catch race case when somebody already added this distinct_id between .get and .addDistinctId
-            } catch {
+            } catch (error) {
+                Sentry.captureException(error)
                 // integrity error
                 if (retryIfFailed) {
                     // run everything again to merge the users if needed
@@ -305,7 +306,8 @@ export class EventsProcessor {
             try {
                 await this.db.addDistinctId(newPerson, previousDistinctId)
                 // Catch race case when somebody already added this distinct_id between .get and .addDistinctId
-            } catch {
+            } catch (error) {
+                Sentry.captureException(error)
                 // integrity error
                 if (retryIfFailed) {
                     // run everything again to merge the users if needed
@@ -321,7 +323,8 @@ export class EventsProcessor {
                     distinctId,
                     previousDistinctId,
                 ])
-            } catch {
+            } catch (error) {
+                Sentry.captureException(error)
                 // Catch race condition where in between getting and creating,
                 // another request already created this person
                 if (retryIfFailed) {