diff --git a/src/nf_modules/multiqc/main.nf b/src/nf_modules/multiqc/main.nf
index 0ee0dc2e70e175f027695aca04256ea517e974cf..0b24b68a168f9a4c02267b734ea4c4f2dcf72c13 100644
--- a/src/nf_modules/multiqc/main.nf
+++ b/src/nf_modules/multiqc/main.nf
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ version = "1.9"
 container_url = "lbmc/multiqc:${version}"
 
 params.multiqc = ""
-params.multiqc_out = ""
+params.multiqc_out = "QC/"
 process multiqc {
   container = "${container_url}"
   label "big_mem_mono_cpus"