diff --git a/condorpy/htcondor_object_base.py b/condorpy/htcondor_object_base.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/condorpy/htcondor_object_base.py
+++ b/condorpy/htcondor_object_base.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class HTCondorObjectBase(object):
 
     @property
     def num_jobs(self):
-        return 0
+        return 1
 
     @property
     def scheduler(self):
Default num_jobs to 1 instead of 0.