diff --git a/src/fasta_sampler.nf b/src/fasta_sampler.nf
index 35bd9befcf5e93bbcd4c36a8236be64e7d240435..fd2bb436d017667e9a9ef65bc2f8e69735339e36 100644
--- a/src/fasta_sampler.nf
+++ b/src/fasta_sampler.nf
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ publishDir "results/sampling/", mode: 'copy'
 file fasta from fasta_file
 
 output:
-file "*_sample.fasta", emit: fasta_sample
+file "*_sample.fasta" into fasta_sample
 
   script:
 """
-head ${fasta} > ${fasta.simpleName}_sample.fasta
+head ${fasta} > ${fasta.baseName}_sample.fasta
 """