diff --git a/pytorch_lightning/trainer/trainer.py b/pytorch_lightning/trainer/trainer.py
index cb0e9b858cd3f..093e9d14cd985 100644
--- a/pytorch_lightning/trainer/trainer.py
+++ b/pytorch_lightning/trainer/trainer.py
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ def __init__(self,
         if self.logger is None:
             self.logger = TestTubeLogger(
                 save_dir=self.default_save_path,
+                version=self.slurm_job_id,
                 name='lightning_logs'
             )
 
@@ -240,6 +241,15 @@ def __init__(self,
         self.amp_level = amp_level
         self.__init_amp(use_amp)
 
+    @property
+    def slurm_job_id(self):
+        try:
+            job_id = os.environ['SLURM_JOB_ID']
+            job_id = int(job_id)
+        except Exception as e:
+            job_id = None
+        return job_id
+
     def __configure_weights_path(self, checkpoint_callback, weights_save_path):
         """
         Weight path set in this priority:
@@ -882,12 +892,25 @@ def __init_tcp_connection(self):
         :param tries:
         :return:
         """
-        # sets the appropriate port
+
+        # use slurm job id for the port number
+        # guarantees unique ports across jobs from same grid search
+        try:
+            # use the last 4 numbers in the job id as the id
+            default_port = os.environ['SLURM_JOB_ID']
+            default_port = default_port[-4:]
+
+            # all ports should be in the 10k+ range
+            default_port = int(default_port) + 10000
+
+        except Exception as e:
+            default_port = 12910
+
+        # if user gave a port number, use that one instead
         try:
             port = os.environ['MASTER_PORT']
         except Exception:
-            port = 12910
-            os.environ['MASTER_PORT'] = str(port)
+            os.environ['MASTER_PORT'] = str(default_port)
 
         # figure out the root node addr
         try: