diff --git a/src/file/paragraph/properties.ts b/src/file/paragraph/properties.ts
index b12bfedd8e..b87ef6b37a 100644
--- a/src/file/paragraph/properties.ts
+++ b/src/file/paragraph/properties.ts
@@ -125,8 +125,10 @@ export class ParagraphProperties extends IgnoreIfEmptyXmlComponent {
         }
 
         if (options.numbering) {
-            if (!options.numbering.custom) {
+            if(!options.style && !options.heading) {
+              if (!options.numbering.custom) {
                 this.push(new Style("ListParagraph"));
+              }
             }
             this.push(new NumberProperties(options.numbering.reference, options.numbering.level));
         }