diff --git a/src/star_fusion.nf b/src/star_fusion.nf
index c84bd66da1671ceeabe5788dd05aad3a58a3c866..91b55aafe12d26cfa2c6346e552150304b31de0f 100644
--- a/src/star_fusion.nf
+++ b/src/star_fusion.nf
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ if (params.help || params.h) {
  ****************************************************************
 */
  
-params.project = ""
+project = params.project
 params.fastq = "${project}/fastq/*R{1,2}.fastq.gz"
 
 /*