diff --git a/law/contrib/cms/job.py b/law/contrib/cms/job.py
index 50f4c620..b9b41b57 100644
--- a/law/contrib/cms/job.py
+++ b/law/contrib/cms/job.py
@@ -668,6 +668,7 @@ def create(self, **kwargs):
             path=rel_path(__file__, "crab", "crab_wrapper.sh"),
             copy=True,
             render=True,
+            increment=True,
         )
 
         # prepare input files