diff --git a/src/nf_modules/emase-zero/main.nf b/src/nf_modules/emase-zero/main.nf
index 1e7b659b35aabb178b5cc4f8a498b4c082f309be..6c8282ab7ac8dd57e28685c5bb392aa188f4fd49 100644
--- a/src/nf_modules/emase-zero/main.nf
+++ b/src/nf_modules/emase-zero/main.nf
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ process emase {
   script:
 """
 grep ">" ${fasta} | sed 's/>//' > tr_list.txt
-grep -Fw -f tr_list ${gene_to_transcript} > gene_to_transcript.txt
+grep -Fw -f tr_list.txt ${gene_to_transcript} > gene_to_transcript.txt
 emase-zero ${params.count} \
   -o ${bin.simpleName}.quantified \
   -l ${transcript_length} \