diff --git a/src/app/modules/angular-slickgrid/components/__tests__/slick-vanilla-utilities.spec.ts b/src/app/modules/angular-slickgrid/components/__tests__/slick-vanilla-utilities.spec.ts
index 6dca9ab77..bb60e86a1 100644
--- a/src/app/modules/angular-slickgrid/components/__tests__/slick-vanilla-utilities.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/modules/angular-slickgrid/components/__tests__/slick-vanilla-utilities.spec.ts
@@ -34,5 +34,18 @@ describe('Slick-Vanilla-Grid-Bundle / Utilies', () => {
         { id: 'zip', field: 'address.zip', type: FieldType.number, formatter: Formatters.complexObject },
       ]);
     });
+
+    it('should have custom editor formatter with correct structure even if we call it twice', () => {
+      autoAddEditorFormatterToColumnsWithEditor(columnDefinitions, customEditableInputFormatter);
+      autoAddEditorFormatterToColumnsWithEditor(columnDefinitions, customEditableInputFormatter);
+
+      expect(columnDefinitions).toEqual([
+        { id: 'firstName', field: 'firstName', editor: { model: Editors.text }, formatter: customEditableInputFormatter },
+        { id: 'lastName', field: 'lastName', editor: { model: Editors.text }, formatter: Formatters.multiple, params: { formatters: [Formatters.italic, Formatters.bold, customEditableInputFormatter] } },
+        { id: 'age', field: 'age', type: 'number', formatter: Formatters.multiple },
+        { id: 'address', field: 'address.street', editor: { model: Editors.longText }, formatter: Formatters.multiple, params: { formatters: [Formatters.complexObject, customEditableInputFormatter] } },
+        { id: 'zip', field: 'address.zip', type: 'number', formatter: Formatters.complexObject },
+      ]);
+    });
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/app/modules/angular-slickgrid/components/slick-vanilla-utilities.ts b/src/app/modules/angular-slickgrid/components/slick-vanilla-utilities.ts
index e5c8c43c4..e01b996f4 100644
--- a/src/app/modules/angular-slickgrid/components/slick-vanilla-utilities.ts
+++ b/src/app/modules/angular-slickgrid/components/slick-vanilla-utilities.ts
@@ -11,12 +11,15 @@ export function autoAddEditorFormatterToColumnsWithEditor(columnDefinitions: Col
   if (Array.isArray(columnDefinitions)) {
     for (const columnDef of columnDefinitions) {
       if (columnDef.editor) {
-        if (columnDef.formatter && columnDef.formatter !== Formatters.multiple) {
+        if (columnDef.formatter && columnDef.formatter !== Formatters.multiple && columnDef.formatter !== customEditableFormatter) {
           const prevFormatter = columnDef.formatter;
           columnDef.formatter = Formatters.multiple;
           columnDef.params = { ...columnDef.params, formatters: [prevFormatter, customEditableFormatter] };
         } else if (columnDef.formatter && columnDef.formatter === Formatters.multiple && columnDef.params) {
-          columnDef.params.formatters = [...columnDef.params.formatters, customEditableFormatter];
+          // before adding the formatter, make sure it's not yet in the params.formatters list, we wouldn't want to add it multiple times
+          if (columnDef.params.formatters.findIndex((formatter: Formatter) => formatter === customEditableFormatter) === -1) {
+            columnDef.params.formatters = [...columnDef.params.formatters, customEditableFormatter];
+          }
         } else {
           columnDef.formatter = customEditableFormatter;
         }