diff --git a/src/nf_modules/bioawk/main.nf b/src/nf_modules/bioawk/main.nf
index 2322a0394baab55ee83ff644975fb2eb89807f05..eaa5a4a2e50a1e9244f99ae6cc9fb10401bfb5a9 100644
--- a/src/nf_modules/bioawk/main.nf
+++ b/src/nf_modules/bioawk/main.nf
@@ -19,6 +19,6 @@ process fasta_to_transcripts_lengths {
 
   script:
 """
-bioawk -c fastx '{print \$name length(\$seq)}' ${fasta} > ${fasta.simpleName}_transcripts_lengths.tsv
+bioawk -c fastx '{print(\$name" "length(\$seq))}' ${fasta} > ${fasta.simpleName}_transcripts_lengths.tsv
 """
 }
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