diff --git a/wrenchboard/src/shared_tool/site_crons.cc b/wrenchboard/src/shared_tool/site_crons.cc
index 7f64c5e1..adfb83e1 100644
--- a/wrenchboard/src/shared_tool/site_crons.cc
+++ b/wrenchboard/src/shared_tool/site_crons.cc
@@ -73,18 +73,22 @@ long InterestPending(CVars in, CVars &out) {
 
 long PastDueWarings(CVars in, CVars &out) {
      logfmt(logINFO, "ENTER PastDueWarings()");
-    const PGresult *res = pgsql_query("SELECT  mc.member_id  "
+    const PGresult *res = pgsql_query("SELECT mc.id AS contract_id, mc.member_id,mc.auto_remind   "
             " FROM members_jobs_contract mc "
             " LEFT JOIN members m ON m.id=mc.client_id "
-            " WHERE  mc.status IN (1,2)   "
-            "AND delivery_date < now() GROUP BY mc.member_id");
+            " WHERE  mc.status IN (1,2) AND  mc.auto_remind < 3 "
+            " AND delivery_date < now() GROUP BY mc.member_id ,mc.auto_remind, contract_id  ORDER BY mc.auto_remind DESC");
     if (res != NULL && pgsql_num_rows(res) > 0) {
         for (int i = 0, n = pgsql_num_rows(res); i < n; i++) {
             map<const char*, const char*>f = pgsql_fetch_assoc(res, i);
             if (f.empty()) continue;
             CVars rec;
             map_to_cvars(f, rec);
-            cron_email(WRB_CRONJOB_PASTDUE_ALERT, rec, out); // send the cron email          
+            cron_email(WRB_CRONJOB_PASTDUE_ALERT, rec, out); // send the cron email
+
+             pgsql_exec("UPDATE members_jobs_contract SET auto_remind=auto_remind + 1 "\
+            				           "WHERE member_id=%lu AND id = 4  ", rec["member_id"].Long(),rec["contract_id"].Long());
+
         }
     }
     logfmt(logINFO, "/PastDueWarings()");