diff --git a/src/nf_modules/picard/main.nf b/src/nf_modules/picard/main.nf
index 8a9b0d8a91e61755554f6f8edee288248e769ed7..f47aadef4bed7231ecf63985880f55a73bcd803e 100644
--- a/src/nf_modules/picard/main.nf
+++ b/src/nf_modules/picard/main.nf
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ process index_fasta {
 """
 PicardCommandLine CreateSequenceDictionary \
 REFERENCE=${fasta} \
-OUTPUT=${fasta.simpleName}.dict
+OUTPUT=${fasta.baseName}.dict
 """
 }
 
diff --git a/src/nf_modules/samtools/main.nf b/src/nf_modules/samtools/main.nf
index d778e31f8c43d1b20d5b7aaeadc10bf270cb9aaa..9599ec63d0e2bc53f226e3bbe6070fb094523296 100644
--- a/src/nf_modules/samtools/main.nf
+++ b/src/nf_modules/samtools/main.nf
@@ -181,7 +181,6 @@ process merge_multi_bam {
 samtools merge -@ ${task.cpus} \
   ${bams[0].simpleName}_merged.bam \
   ${bams}
-  
 """
 }