diff --git a/DiscoPoP/DiscoPoP.cpp b/DiscoPoP/DiscoPoP.cpp
index 8131e1ca5..d0a76b22f 100644
--- a/DiscoPoP/DiscoPoP.cpp
+++ b/DiscoPoP/DiscoPoP.cpp
@@ -176,7 +176,11 @@ bool DiscoPoP::doInitialization(Module &M) {
 
 // DPInstrumentationOmission
     {
-        int bbDepCount = 0;
+        bbDepCount = 0;
+
+        initializeBBDepCounter();
+
+        errs() << "Initial dep count: " << to_string(bbDepCount) << "\n";
 
         ReportBB = M.getOrInsertFunction(
                 "__dp_report_bb",
@@ -233,6 +237,15 @@ bool DiscoPoP::doFinalization(Module &M) {
             }
         }
     }
+    // write the current count of BBs to a file to avoid duplicate BBids
+    outBBDepCounter = new std::ofstream();
+    outBBDepCounter->open(".discopop/profiler/DP_BBDepCounter.txt", std::ios_base::out);
+    if (outBBDepCounter && outBBDepCounter->is_open()) {
+        *outBBDepCounter << bbDepCount;
+        outBBDepCounter->flush();
+        outBBDepCounter->close();
+    }
+
     // DPInstrumentationOmission end
 
     return true;
@@ -893,6 +906,15 @@ void DiscoPoP::initializeCUIDCounter() {
     }
 }
 
+void DiscoPoP::initializeBBDepCounter(){
+    std::string BBDepCounterFile = ".discopop/profiler/DP_BBDepCounter.txt";
+    if (dputil::fexists(BBDepCounterFile)) {
+        std::fstream inBBDepCounter(BBDepCounterFile, std::ios_base::in);;
+        inBBDepCounter >> bbDepCount;
+        inBBDepCounter.close();
+    }
+}
+
 bool DiscoPoP::isRecursive(Function &F, CallGraph &CG) {
     auto callNode = CG[&F];
     for (unsigned i = 0; i < callNode->size(); i++) {
@@ -2311,6 +2333,7 @@ bool DiscoPoP::runOnFunction(Function &F) {
             if (isa<ReturnInst>(pair.first->getTerminator())) {
                 insertionPoint = insertionPoint->getPrevNonDebugInstruction();
             }
+            errs() << "bbDepCount: " << bbDepCount << "\n";
             auto CI = CallInst::Create(
                     ReportBB,
                     ConstantInt::get(Int32, bbDepCount),
diff --git a/DiscoPoP/DiscoPoP.hpp b/DiscoPoP/DiscoPoP.hpp
index 9f4241417..eb9a726e8 100644
--- a/DiscoPoP/DiscoPoP.hpp
+++ b/DiscoPoP/DiscoPoP.hpp
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ namespace {
 // CUGeneration
 
     static unsigned int CUIDCounter;
+    static unsigned int bbDepCount;
     static bool defaultIsGlobalVariableValue;
     int32_t fileID;
 
@@ -217,6 +218,7 @@ namespace {
         ofstream *outCUs;
         ofstream *outOriginalVariables;
         ofstream *outCUIDCounter;
+        ofstream *outBBDepCounter;
         // Mohammad 23.12.2020
         map <string, string> loopStartLines;
 
@@ -319,7 +321,6 @@ namespace {
 // DPInstrumentation end
 
 // DPInstrumentationOmission
-        int bbDepCount;
         string bbDepString;
         string fileName;
         int32_t fid;
@@ -385,6 +386,7 @@ namespace {
 
         // Output function
         void initializeCUIDCounter();
+        void initializeBBDepCounter();
 
         string xmlEscape(string data);
 
diff --git a/rtlib/iFunctions.cpp b/rtlib/iFunctions.cpp
index 6b6822532..6f4f2b485 100755
--- a/rtlib/iFunctions.cpp
+++ b/rtlib/iFunctions.cpp
@@ -107,9 +107,6 @@ namespace __dp {
     /******* Helper functions *******/
 
     void addDep(depType type, LID curr, LID depOn, char *var, string AAvar) {
-#ifdef DP_RTLIB_VERBOSE
-        cout << "enter addDep\n";
-#endif
         // hybrid analysis
         if (depOn == 0 && type == WAW)
             type = INIT;
@@ -210,9 +207,6 @@ namespace __dp {
             }
             cout << ", " << decodeLID(depOn) << "] into deps (" << myMap->size() << ")" << endl;
         }
-#ifdef DP_RTLIB_VERBOSE
-        cout << "exit addDep\n";
-#endif
     }
 
     // hybrid analysis
@@ -1061,17 +1055,13 @@ namespace __dp {
         return;
     }
 
-    void __dp_report_bb(int32_t bbIndex) {
+    void __dp_report_bb(uint32_t bbIndex) {
 #ifdef DP_PTHREAD_COMPATIBILITY_MODE
         std::lock_guard<std::mutex> guard(pthread_compatibility_mutex);
 #endif
 #ifdef DP_RTLIB_VERBOSE
         cout << "enter __dp_report_bb\n";
         cout << "bbIndex: " << std::to_string(bbIndex) << "\n";
-        cout << "bbList: " << bbList << "\n";
-        for(auto elem: *bbList){
-            cout << "\t" << elem << "\n";
-        }
 #endif
         bbList->insert(bbIndex);
 #ifdef DP_RTLIB_VERBOSE
@@ -1079,7 +1069,7 @@ namespace __dp {
 #endif
     }
 
-    void __dp_report_bb_pair(int32_t semaphore, int32_t bbIndex) {
+    void __dp_report_bb_pair(int32_t semaphore, uint32_t bbIndex) {
 #ifdef DP_PTHREAD_COMPATIBILITY_MODE
         std::lock_guard<std::mutex> guard(pthread_compatibility_mutex);
 #endif
diff --git a/rtlib/iFunctions.hpp b/rtlib/iFunctions.hpp
index d18851ae8..822c1f713 100644
--- a/rtlib/iFunctions.hpp
+++ b/rtlib/iFunctions.hpp
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ namespace __dp {
     BGNFuncList;
 
     // Hybrid analysis
-    typedef std::set <int32_t> ReportedBBSet;
+    typedef std::set <uint32_t> ReportedBBSet;
     typedef std::set <std::string> ReportedBBPairSet;
     // End HA
     // 2) when two END func are identical
@@ -214,8 +214,8 @@ namespace __dp {
     // End HA
 #endif
     // hybrid analysis
-    void __dp_report_bb(int32_t bbIndex);
-    void __dp_report_bb_pair(int32_t counter, int32_t bbIndex);
+    void __dp_report_bb(uint32_t bbIndex);
+    void __dp_report_bb_pair(int32_t counter, uint32_t bbIndex);
     void __dp_add_bb_deps(char *depStringPtr);
     // End HA
     void __dp_finalize(LID lid);
@@ -225,4 +225,4 @@ namespace __dp {
     void __dp_loop_entry(LID lid, int32_t loopID);
     void __dp_loop_exit(LID lid, int32_t loopID);
     }
-} // namespace __dp
+} // namespace __dp