diff --git a/src/fasta_sampler.nf b/src/fasta_sampler.nf
index ab6f36a38b9e309a5f5b32383b87177471af50c7..d1200ed496c77756cde525835f581b71b2528990 100644
--- a/src/fasta_sampler.nf
+++ b/src/fasta_sampler.nf
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ process sample_fasta {
 file fasta from fasta_file
 
   output:
-file "sample.fasta" into fasta_sample
+file "*_sample.fasta" into fasta_sample
 
   script:
 """
-head ${fasta} > sample.fasta
+head ${fasta} > ${fasta.baseName}_sample.fasta
 """
 }