diff --git a/src/RNAseq.nf b/src/RNAseq.nf
index 47f028d84c851fa563359ffe761a01a169e8cfb2..97a95fe2d3caca8c7afe5e0327b14952a7d217ed 100644
--- a/src/RNAseq.nf
+++ b/src/RNAseq.nf
@@ -346,6 +346,7 @@ process dedup_genome {
     """
     umi_tools dedup -I ${bam[0]} \
     -S ${file_id}.dedup.bam \
+    --paired \
     2> ${file_id}_dedup.log
     """
 }
@@ -505,6 +506,7 @@ process dedup_postgenome {
   """
   umi_tools dedup -I ${bam[0]} \
   -S ${file_id}.dedup.bam \
+  --paired \
   2> ${file_id}_dedup.log
   """
 }