diff --git a/src/file/drawing/doc-properties/doc-properties.ts b/src/file/drawing/doc-properties/doc-properties.ts
index ab5145cd5d..423317d6c8 100644
--- a/src/file/drawing/doc-properties/doc-properties.ts
+++ b/src/file/drawing/doc-properties/doc-properties.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import { IContext, IXmlableObject, NextAttributeComponent, XmlComponent } from "@file/xml-components";
 import { ConcreteHyperlink } from "@file/paragraph";
 
-import { uniqueNumericId } from "@util/convenience-functions";
+import { uniqueNumericIdCreator } from "@util/convenience-functions";
 
 import { createHyperlinkClick } from "./doc-properties-children";
 
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ export interface DocPropertiesOptions {
     readonly title: string;
 }
 
+const uniqueNumericId = uniqueNumericIdCreator();
+
 export class DocProperties extends XmlComponent {
     public constructor({ name, description, title }: DocPropertiesOptions = { name: "", description: "", title: "" }) {
         super("wp:docPr");
diff --git a/src/file/numbering/numbering.ts b/src/file/numbering/numbering.ts
index b52d6ba56c..b8eeef2feb 100644
--- a/src/file/numbering/numbering.ts
+++ b/src/file/numbering/numbering.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // https://stackoverflow.com/questions/58622437/purpose-of-abstractnum-and-numberinginstance
 import { AlignmentType } from "@file/paragraph";
 import { IContext, IXmlableObject, XmlComponent } from "@file/xml-components";
-import { convertInchesToTwip, uniqueNumericId } from "@util/convenience-functions";
+import { convertInchesToTwip, uniqueNumericIdCreator } from "@util/convenience-functions";
 
 import { DocumentAttributes } from "../document/document-attributes";
 import { AbstractNumbering } from "./abstract-numbering";
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ export interface INumberingOptions {
     }[];
 }
 
+const abstractNumUniqueNumericId = uniqueNumericIdCreator();
+const concreteNumUniqueNumericId = uniqueNumericIdCreator(1); // Setting initial to 1 as we have numId = 1 for "default-bullet-numbering"
+
 // <xsd:element name="numbering" type="CT_Numbering"/>
 //
 //     <xsd:complexType name="CT_Numbering">
@@ -55,7 +58,7 @@ export class Numbering extends XmlComponent {
             }),
         );
 
-        const abstractNumbering = new AbstractNumbering(uniqueNumericId(), [
+        const abstractNumbering = new AbstractNumbering(abstractNumUniqueNumericId(), [
             {
                 level: 0,
                 format: LevelFormat.BULLET,
@@ -176,7 +179,7 @@ export class Numbering extends XmlComponent {
         this.abstractNumberingMap.set("default-bullet-numbering", abstractNumbering);
 
         for (const con of options.config) {
-            this.abstractNumberingMap.set(con.reference, new AbstractNumbering(uniqueNumericId(), con.levels));
+            this.abstractNumberingMap.set(con.reference, new AbstractNumbering(abstractNumUniqueNumericId(), con.levels));
             this.referenceConfigMap.set(con.reference, con.levels);
         }
     }
@@ -209,7 +212,7 @@ export class Numbering extends XmlComponent {
         const firstLevelStartNumber = referenceConfigLevels && referenceConfigLevels[0].start;
 
         const concreteNumberingSettings = {
-            numId: uniqueNumericId(),
+            numId: concreteNumUniqueNumericId(),
             abstractNumId: abstractNumbering.id,
             reference,
             instance,
diff --git a/src/file/paragraph/links/bookmark.ts b/src/file/paragraph/links/bookmark.ts
index 5a74cb1c5d..d88bfd7f46 100644
--- a/src/file/paragraph/links/bookmark.ts
+++ b/src/file/paragraph/links/bookmark.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 // http://officeopenxml.com/WPbookmark.php
 import { XmlComponent } from "@file/xml-components";
-import { uniqueNumericId } from "@util/convenience-functions";
+import { uniqueNumericIdCreator } from "@util/convenience-functions";
 
 import { ParagraphChild } from "../paragraph";
 import { BookmarkEndAttributes, BookmarkStartAttributes } from "./bookmark-attributes";
 
+const uniqueNumericId = uniqueNumericIdCreator();
+
 export class Bookmark {
     public readonly start: BookmarkStart;
     public readonly children: readonly ParagraphChild[];
diff --git a/src/util/convenience-functions.ts b/src/util/convenience-functions.ts
index 64f451e066..8dac4a929b 100644
--- a/src/util/convenience-functions.ts
+++ b/src/util/convenience-functions.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 import { nanoid } from "nanoid/non-secure";
 
-let currentCount = 0;
-
 // Twip - twentieths of a point
 export const convertMillimetersToTwip = (millimeters: number): number => Math.floor((millimeters / 25.4) * 72 * 20);
 
 export const convertInchesToTwip = (inches: number): number => Math.floor(inches * 72 * 20);
 
-export const uniqueNumericId = (): number => ++currentCount;
+export const uniqueNumericIdCreator = (initial = 0): (() => number) => {
+    let currentCount = initial;
+
+    return () => ++currentCount;
+};
 
 export const uniqueId = (): string => nanoid().toLowerCase();