diff --git a/src/nf_modules/bowtie/mapping_paired.nf b/src/nf_modules/bowtie/mapping_paired.nf
index a24291670b2e3b67ed874e5b833172bb372cde7d..ae533a410b683bc1c88644e46c4673a557070e82 100644
--- a/src/nf_modules/bowtie/mapping_paired.nf
+++ b/src/nf_modules/bowtie/mapping_paired.nf
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ samtools view -Sb - > ${pair_id}.bam
 if grep -q "Error" ${pair_id}_bowtie_report_tmp.txt; then
   exit 1
 fi
-tail -n 15 ${file_id}_bowtie2_report_tmp.txt > ${file_id}_bowtie2_report.txt
+tail -n 15 ${file_id}_bowtie_report_tmp.txt > ${file_id}_bowtie_report.txt
 """
 }
 
diff --git a/src/nf_modules/bowtie/mapping_single.nf b/src/nf_modules/bowtie/mapping_single.nf
index 490cb1d06bf829e024f4e9d5b7186d071c44e617..a86e424c1dc5b9aba049dfc164786ef0bfab820e 100644
--- a/src/nf_modules/bowtie/mapping_single.nf
+++ b/src/nf_modules/bowtie/mapping_single.nf
@@ -39,11 +39,12 @@ for (index_file in index) {
 """
 bowtie --best -v 3 -k 1 --sam -p ${task.cpus} ${index_id} \
 -q ${reads} 2> \
-${file_id}_bowtie_report.txt | \
+${file_id}_bowtie_report_tmp.txt | \
 samtools view -Sb - > ${file_id}.bam
 
-if grep -q "Error" ${file_id}_bowtie_report.txt; then
+if grep -q "Error" ${file_id}_bowtie_report_tmp.txt; then
   exit 1
 fi
+tail -n 15 ${file_id}_bowtie_report_tmp.txt > ${file_id}_bowtie_report.txt
 """
 }
diff --git a/src/nf_modules/bowtie2/mapping_paired.nf b/src/nf_modules/bowtie2/mapping_paired.nf
index dc4667400ec33eed593b1b93decf42994d8777ad..2a97ed6259f98b11f439f7c2c2cd8d63ae192f1c 100644
--- a/src/nf_modules/bowtie2/mapping_paired.nf
+++ b/src/nf_modules/bowtie2/mapping_paired.nf
@@ -35,12 +35,13 @@ process mapping_fastq {
 """
 bowtie2 --very-sensitive -p ${task.cpus} -x ${index_id} \
 -1 ${reads[0]} -2 ${reads[1]} 2> \
-${pair_id}_bowtie2_report.txt | \
+${pair_id}_bowtie2_report_tmp.txt | \
 samtools view -Sb - > ${pair_id}.bam
 
-if grep -q "Error" ${pair_id}_bowtie2_report.txt; then
+if grep -q "Error" ${pair_id}_bowtie2_report_tmp.txt; then
   exit 1
 fi
+tail -n 15 ${file_id}_bowtie2_report_tmp.txt > ${file_id}_bowtie2_report.txt
 """
 }