diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/opencdmp/filetransformer/docx/service/wordfiletransformer/word/HtmlToWorldBuilder.java b/core/src/main/java/org/opencdmp/filetransformer/docx/service/wordfiletransformer/word/HtmlToWorldBuilder.java
index 9ba416c..0488127 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/opencdmp/filetransformer/docx/service/wordfiletransformer/word/HtmlToWorldBuilder.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/opencdmp/filetransformer/docx/service/wordfiletransformer/word/HtmlToWorldBuilder.java
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ public class HtmlToWorldBuilder implements NodeVisitor {
                         //                            this.paragraph.setIndentationLeft(Math.round(indentation * 720) * (numberingLevel.intValue() + 1));
                         this.paragraph.setIndentFromLeft(Math.round(numberingLevel.intValue() * 400 + this.indentation*400));
                         this.run = this.paragraph.createRun();
-                        this.paragraph.setNumID(((ArrayDeque<BigInteger>)abstractNumId).getLast());
+                        this.paragraph.setNumID(((ArrayDeque<BigInteger>)abstractNumId).getLast().add(BigInteger.ONE)); // sets the list-element numId that should match the numId of the corresponding list
                     }
                     break;
                 case "font":