diff --git a/src/nf_modules/emase-zero/main.nf b/src/nf_modules/emase-zero/main.nf
index b1e77eb79bc004edb6b047457edfd536d602932c..a542da5eb5e1ef959ca0ddf9eabb097ae24a9bcb 100644
--- a/src/nf_modules/emase-zero/main.nf
+++ b/src/nf_modules/emase-zero/main.nf
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ workflow count {
     emase(bam2ec.out.bin, bam2ec.out.tsv.collect(), tr2g.out.t2g.collect())
 
   emit:
-    count: emase.out.count
+    count = emase.out.count
 }
 
 process emase {