diff --git a/src/core/cpn/CampaignManager.cc b/src/core/cpn/CampaignManager.cc
index a9c78940..1de0f170 100644
--- a/src/core/cpn/CampaignManager.cc
+++ b/src/core/cpn/CampaignManager.cc
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ void CampaignManager::setTotalCount(uint64_t count)
 	m_jobserver->setTotalCount(count);
 }
 
+void CampaignManager::increaseTotalCount(uint64_t count)
+{
+	m_jobserver->increaseTotalCount(count);
+}
+
 void CampaignManager::skipJobs(uint64_t count)
 {
 	m_jobserver->skipJobs(count);
diff --git a/src/core/cpn/CampaignManager.hpp b/src/core/cpn/CampaignManager.hpp
index fcc35882..27e6f4ab 100644
--- a/src/core/cpn/CampaignManager.hpp
+++ b/src/core/cpn/CampaignManager.hpp
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ public:
 	 * in the database).
 	 */
 	void setTotalCount(uint64_t count);
+	void increaseTotalCount(uint64_t count);
 	void skipJobs(uint64_t count);
 	 /**
 	 * User campaign has finished.
diff --git a/src/core/cpn/DatabaseCampaign.cc b/src/core/cpn/DatabaseCampaign.cc
index 86d9e60a..72d6ab43 100644
--- a/src/core/cpn/DatabaseCampaign.cc
+++ b/src/core/cpn/DatabaseCampaign.cc
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ bool DatabaseCampaign::run_variant(Database::Variant variant) {
 
 	log_send << "Found " << experiment_count << " jobs in database. ("
 			 << variant.variant << "/" << variant.benchmark << ")" << std::endl;
-	campaignmanager.setTotalCount(experiment_count);
+	campaignmanager.increaseTotalCount(experiment_count);
 
 	// abstraction of injection point:
 	// must not be initialized in loop, because hop chain calculator would lose
diff --git a/src/core/cpn/JobServer.hpp b/src/core/cpn/JobServer.hpp
index 604374c8..c248c958 100644
--- a/src/core/cpn/JobServer.hpp
+++ b/src/core/cpn/JobServer.hpp
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ public:
 	 * in the database).
 	 */
 	void setTotalCount(uint64_t count) { m_TotalCount = count; }
+	void increaseTotalCount(uint64_t count) { m_TotalCount = m_TotalCount.value_or(0) + count; }
 	void skipJobs(uint64_t count) { ++m_DoneCount; /* FIXME assume atomic */ }
 	/**
 	 * Checks whether there are no more experiment parameter sets.