diff --git a/src/RNA_Seq.nf b/src/RNA_Seq.nf
index 8694c98caf08f9d7346dcca9137abe472ca439c8..34d1ec336957d0c31a71853a9a72fd1fe614890d 100644
--- a/src/RNA_Seq.nf
+++ b/src/RNA_Seq.nf
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ process index_fasta {
   publishDir "results/mapping/index/", mode: 'copy'
 
   input:
-    file fasta from fasta_files
+    file fasta from fasta_files_extracted
 
   output:
     file "*.index*" into index_files