diff --git a/jobs/JGDAS_GLOBAL_OCEAN_ANALYSIS_BMAT b/jobs/JGDAS_GLOBAL_OCEAN_ANALYSIS_BMAT
index a218967cc2..7a4bfcc515 100755
--- a/jobs/JGDAS_GLOBAL_OCEAN_ANALYSIS_BMAT
+++ b/jobs/JGDAS_GLOBAL_OCEAN_ANALYSIS_BMAT
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 export STRICT="NO"
 source "${HOMEgfs}/ush/preamble.sh"
-
+WIPE_DATA="NO"
 
 export DATA="${DATAROOT}/${RUN}ocnanal_${cyc}"
 source "${HOMEgfs}/ush/jjob_header.sh" -e "ocnanalrun" -c "base ocnanal ocnanalrun"