diff --git a/parametricJob.py b/parametricJob.py
index f351a8a9339c34ae693407f2277d05a4cde4dd8c..1a53becd89fcd9ede554d9efae9fdde8c201bd4e 100644
--- a/parametricJob.py
+++ b/parametricJob.py
@@ -265,18 +265,34 @@ class ParametricJob(PRMSet):
     # AT/BATCH SPECIFIC
     def runBatch(self):
         # get guess profile
-        cfgfile = self.guessProfile()
+        cfgfile = self.guessProfile()        
+        cfgFileName, cfgFileExtension = os.path.splitext(self.cfgfile)
+        import re
+        m = re.compile(cfgFileName+'([0-9]+)\.'+cfgFileExtension)
+        launchId = 0        
+        for fn in os.listdir('.'):
+            out = m.search(fn)
+            if out :
+                outId = int(out.group(1))
+                if outId > launchId : 
+                    lauchId = outId
+        launchId +=1        
+        print ("launchId =", launchId)
+        os.system("cp %s %s%s%s"%(self.cfgfile, cfgFileName, launchId, cfgFileExtension))
+        
         # build script
-        scriptname="runbatch.sh"
+        scriptname="runbatch%d.sh"%launchId
         file = open(scriptname,"w")
         file.write("#!/bin/bash\n")   # this avoids /bin/sh when sh=dash
         file.write(". %s\n" % cfgfile)
-        file.write("echo `atq`\n")
-        file.write("jobId=`atq | awk '{if ($1>jobId)jobId=$1} END {print jobId}'`\n")
-        file.write("echo \"at JobId = $jobId\"\n")
-        file.write('%s -x -i $jobId -d "%s"\n' % (sys.argv[0], os.getcwd()) )
+        #file.write("echo `atq`\n")
+        #file.write("jobId=`atq | awk '{if ($1>jobId)jobId=$1} END {print jobId}'`\n")
+        #file.write("echo \"at JobId = $jobId\"\n")
+        #file.write('%s -x -i $jobId -d "%s"\n' % (sys.argv[0], os.getcwd()) )
+        file.write('%s -x -i %d -d "%s"\n' % (sys.argv[0], launchId, os.getcwd()) )
         file.close()
         os.chmod(scriptname,0o700)
+        
         print("starting script in batch mode: %s" % scriptname)
         #shcmd="at %s -f %s" % (self.pars['BATCHTIME'].val, scriptname)
         if self.pars['RUNMETHOD'].val == "at" :
@@ -300,8 +316,8 @@ class ParametricJob(PRMSet):
             batchId = m.group(1)
             #print m.group
             if m:
-                cfgFileName, cfgFileExtension = os.path.splitext(self.cfgfile)
-                os.system("cp %s %s%s%s"%(self.cfgfile, cfgFileName, batchId, cfgFileExtension))
+                #cfgFileName, cfgFileExtension = os.path.splitext(self.cfgfile)
+                #os.system("cp %s %s%s%s"%(self.cfgfile, cfgFileName, batchId, cfgFileExtension))
                 self.atrmScript(batchId)
                 print("\tuse 'atq' and find job number %s to check the status of your job" % batchId)
                 print("\t\t - 'a' means waiting in the queue 'a'")