diff --git a/api/v1/routes/newsletter.py b/api/v1/routes/newsletter.py
index 2fc6b857..c8ddf33a 100644
--- a/api/v1/routes/newsletter.py
+++ b/api/v1/routes/newsletter.py
@@ -37,20 +37,23 @@ async def sub_newsletter(
         # Save user to the database
         NewsletterService.create(db, request)
 
-    link = "https://anchor-python.teams.hng.tech/"
-
-    # Send email in the background
-    background_tasks.add_task(
-        send_email,
-        recipient=request.email,
-        template_name="newsletter-subscription.html",
-        subject="Thank You for Subscribing to HNG Boilerplate Newsletters",
-        context={"link": link},
-    )
+        link = "https://anchor-python.teams.hng.tech/"
+
+        # Send email in the background
+        background_tasks.add_task(
+            send_email,
+            recipient=request.email,
+            template_name="newsletter-subscription.html",
+            subject="Thank You for Subscribing to HNG Boilerplate Newsletters",
+            context={"link": link},
+        )
+        message = "Thank you for subscribing to our newsletter."
+    else:
+        message = "You have already subscribed to our newsletter. Thank you."
 
     return success_response(
-        message="Thank you for subscribing to our newsletter.",
-        status_code=status.HTTP_201_CREATED,
+        message=message,
+        status_code=status.HTTP_200_OK,
     )
 
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 61534217..e8b8a8e4 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ alembic==1.13.2
 annotated-types==0.7.0
 anyio==4.4.0
 astroid==3.2.4
+async-timeout==4.0.3
 attrs==23.2.0
 Authlib==1.3.1
 autopep8==2.3.1
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ colorama==0.4.6
 cryptography==43.0.0
 cssselect==1.2.0
 cssutils==2.11.1
+Deprecated==1.2.14
 dill==0.3.8
 distlib==0.3.8
 dnspython==2.6.1
@@ -37,17 +39,18 @@ filelock==3.15.4
 flake8==7.1.0
 frozenlist==1.4.1
 greenlet==3.0.3
-slowapi==0.1.9
 h11==0.14.0
 httpcore==1.0.5
 httptools==0.6.1
 httpx==0.27.0
 identify==2.6.0
 idna==3.7
+importlib_resources==6.4.4
 iniconfig==2.0.0
 isort==5.13.2
 itsdangerous==2.2.0
 Jinja2==3.1.4
+limits==3.13.0
 lxml==5.2.2
 Mako==1.3.5
 markdown-it-py==3.0.0
@@ -61,8 +64,8 @@ nodeenv==1.9.1
 packaging==24.1
 passlib==1.7.4
 pathspec==0.12.1
+pillow==10.4.0
 pipdeptree==2.23.1
-Pillow==10.4.0
 platformdirs==4.2.2
 pluggy==1.5.0
 pre-commit==3.7.1
@@ -94,9 +97,11 @@ rich==13.7.1
 rsa==4.9
 shellingham==1.5.4
 six==1.16.0
+slowapi==0.1.9
 sniffio==1.3.1
 SQLAlchemy==2.0.31
 starlette==0.37.2
+stripe==10.7.0
 tomli==2.0.1
 tomlkit==0.13.0
 twilio==9.2.3
@@ -110,5 +115,5 @@ virtualenv==20.26.3
 watchfiles==0.22.0
 webencodings==0.5.1
 websockets==12.0
+wrapt==1.16.0
 yarl==1.9.4
-stripe==10.7.0