diff --git a/bindings/python/py_src/tokenizers/__init__.py b/bindings/python/py_src/tokenizers/__init__.py
index efd57429..dfbf0333 100644
--- a/bindings/python/py_src/tokenizers/__init__.py
+++ b/bindings/python/py_src/tokenizers/__init__.py
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ from .tokenizers import (
     pre_tokenizers,
     processors,
     trainers,
-    __version__,
 )
 from .implementations import (
     BertWordPieceTokenizer,
diff --git a/tokenizers/src/tokenizer/added_vocabulary.rs b/tokenizers/src/tokenizer/added_vocabulary.rs
index 561f1adf..989106d3 100644
--- a/tokenizers/src/tokenizer/added_vocabulary.rs
+++ b/tokenizers/src/tokenizer/added_vocabulary.rs
@@ -66,6 +66,12 @@ impl AddedToken {
         self.normalized = normalized;
         self
     }
+    /// Specify whether this token is special, meaning if it should be skipped when decoding
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn special(mut self, special: bool) -> Self {
+        self.special = special;
+        self
+    }
 }
 impl Default for AddedToken {
     fn default() -> Self {
@@ -192,6 +198,11 @@ impl AddedVocabulary {
         &self.added_tokens_map
     }
 
+    /// Get the additional vocabulary with the AddedTokens
+    pub fn get_vocab_r(&self) -> &HashMap<u32, AddedToken> {
+        &self.added_tokens_map_r
+    }
+
     /// Get the id matching one of our token if it exists
     pub fn token_to_id(&self, token: &str, model: &impl Model) -> Option<u32> {
         self.added_tokens_map
@@ -248,26 +259,32 @@ impl AddedVocabulary {
                 ignored += 1;
                 continue;
             }
-
+            
+            // If a token is already part of the vocabulary, we mark it as added
             let id = if let Some(id) = self.token_to_id(&token.content, model) {
-                ignored += 1;
                 id
             } else {
                 let new_id = (model.get_vocab_size() + self.added_tokens_map.len()) as u32;
-                self.added_tokens_map.insert(token.content.clone(), new_id);
-
+                new_id
+            };
+            
+            if self.added_tokens_map_r.values().any(| val| val == token){
+                // We only ignore if the AddedToken is already part of the added_tokens_map_r
+                ignored +=1;
+            }
+            else{
+                // Make sure we modify the previous entry
+                self.added_tokens_map.entry(token.content.clone()).and_modify(|old_id| *old_id = id).or_insert_with(||id);
                 if !self.special_tokens_set.contains(&token.content) {
                     self.added_tokens.push(token.clone());
                 }
+                // Update the current revert operation
+                self.added_tokens_map_r
+                    .entry(id)
+                    .and_modify(|t| *t = token.clone())
+                    .or_insert_with(|| token.clone());
+            }
 
-                new_id
-            };
-
-            // Update the current revert operation
-            self.added_tokens_map_r
-                .entry(id)
-                .and_modify(|t| *t = token.clone())
-                .or_insert_with(|| token.clone());
         }
 
         self.refresh_added_tokens(model, normalizer);
@@ -585,12 +602,12 @@ mod tests {
         );
         assert_eq!(vocab.len(), 2);
 
-        // Does not add tokens already covered by the model
-        assert_eq!(
-            vocab.add_tokens(&[AddedToken::from("test", false)], &model, normalizer),
-            0
-        );
-        assert_eq!(vocab.len(), 2);
+        // Also adds tokens already covered by the model
+        let added_token= AddedToken::from("test", false);
+        assert_eq!(vocab.add_tokens(&[added_token.clone()], &model, normalizer),1);
+        assert_eq!(vocab.len(), 3);
+
+        assert_eq!(vocab.get_vocab_r()[&1], added_token);
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -626,10 +643,16 @@ mod tests {
         // Can add tokens already covered by the model
         assert_eq!(
             vocab.add_special_tokens(&[AddedToken::from("test", true)], &model, normalizer),
-            0
+            1
         );
-        assert_eq!(vocab.len(), 2); // Did not add a new token, since it exist in the original model
+        assert_eq!(vocab.len(), 3); // New token was added
         assert!(vocab.is_special_token("test"));
+        assert_eq!(*vocab.get_vocab_r(), HashMap::from([
+            (2,AddedToken::from("added_token_1", true)),
+            (3,AddedToken::from("added_token_2", true)),
+            (4,AddedToken::from("test", true)),
+        ]));
+
         assert!(!vocab.added_tokens_map.contains_key("test"));
     }