diff --git a/src/RNAseq_XGR.nf b/src/RNAseq_XGR.nf
index 881d1cd813ea25f7932562a89cd82ca15665cc62..8ed5131bce097ea6cae0c813d8f959fb3a77c5a2 100644
--- a/src/RNAseq_XGR.nf
+++ b/src/RNAseq_XGR.nf
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ if (params.help || params.h) {
 */
  
 /* Arguments */
-params.fastq = "${project}/fastq/*{1,2}.fastq"
+params.project = ""
+fastq = "${project}/fastq/*{1,2}.fastq"
 params.gtf = ""
 params.fasta = ""
 params.idx = ""