diff --git a/bigbluebutton-config/bin/bbb-conf b/bigbluebutton-config/bin/bbb-conf
index 97e9b1d399..f8555d01eb 100644
--- a/bigbluebutton-config/bin/bbb-conf
+++ b/bigbluebutton-config/bin/bbb-conf
@@ -883,6 +883,14 @@ check_configuration() {
             echo "#"
         fi
     fi
+
+    if find /usr/share /var/lib/red5 -name "*bbb-common-message*" | sed 's/\([^_]*_\).*/\1/g' | sort | uniq -c | grep -v 1 > /dev/null; then echo 
+        echo
+        echo "# Warning: detected multiple bbb-common-message in the same directory"
+        find /usr/share /var/lib/red5 -name "*bbb-common-message*" | sed 's/\([^_]*_\).*/\1/g' | sort | uniq -c | grep -v 1 
+        echo 
+    fi
+
 }