diff --git a/example/input/params.sh b/example/input/params.sh
index dadc0d88b93316512053f350796433cae5c4d1e7..df8e8830f9820a0e8d34a3679f3440a8d14e6a07 100644
--- a/example/input/params.sh
+++ b/example/input/params.sh
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ clusterConfig="cluster.json"
 # Maximum number of simultaenous jobs
 maxJobsCluster=500
 
-# Maximum number of times a job should be reexecuted when failing. For SLURM, 0 is usually fine for SLURM, as it is reliable enough
-maxRestartsPerJob=0
+# Maximum number of times a job should be reexecuted when failing. Changed to 1 in light of recent SLURM differences
+maxRestartsPerJob=1
 
 ################
 # RULE OPTIONS #
diff --git a/example/templates/params.sh b/example/templates/params.sh
index 50e8e4fab764607e65e799c5eaf7dbb8cf1b2b45..2a17dff573dc8fbfa4ea6677552f99b29e96fffd 100644
--- a/example/templates/params.sh
+++ b/example/templates/params.sh
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ clusterConfig="cluster.json"
 # Maximum number of simultaenous jobs
 maxJobsCluster=100
 
-# Maximum number of times a job should be reexecuted when failing. For SLURM, 0 is usually fine for SLURM, as it is reliable enough
-maxRestartsPerJob=0
+# Maximum number of times a job should be reexecuted when failing. Changed to 1 in light of recent SLURM differences
+maxRestartsPerJob=1
 
 ################
 # RULE OPTIONS #