diff --git a/src/RNAseq.nf b/src/RNAseq.nf
index c6cbcee529ed4b7916bcfc861c7d3c119839d9b0..f6353150281fd600ae26caf85db64ded8c6551ed 100644
--- a/src/RNAseq.nf
+++ b/src/RNAseq.nf
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ process index_fasta {
   publishDir "results/mapping/index/", mode: 'copy'
 
   input:
-    file fasta from fasta_file
+    file fasta from fasta_files_extracted
 
   output:
     file "*.index*" into index_files