diff --git a/workflow/scripts/pool_and_psuedoreplicate.py b/workflow/scripts/pool_and_psuedoreplicate.py
index 7b6fbc9339b1017076041894578cf28fa9f35935..04ce605b21505f1ca6aa72757e6b7efd73970f51 100644
--- a/workflow/scripts/pool_and_psuedoreplicate.py
+++ b/workflow/scripts/pool_and_psuedoreplicate.py
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ def main():
         # Update tagAlign with single end data
         if paired:
             design_new_df['tag_align'] = design_new_df['se_tag_align']
-        design_new_df.drop(labels='se_tag_align', axis=1, inplace=True)
+        design_new_df.drop(labels='seTagAlign', axis=1, inplace=True)
 
         design_new_df['replicate'] = design_new_df['replicate'].astype(str)
         design_new_df.at[1, 'sample_id'] = experiment_id + '_pr1'
@@ -273,8 +273,7 @@ def main():
         if paired:
             design_new_df['tag_align'] = design_new_df['se_tag_align']
 
-#        design_new_df.drop(labels='se_tag_align', axis=1, inplace=True)
-        design_new_df.drop(labels='tag_align', axis=1, inplace=True)
+        design_new_df.drop(labels='seTagAlign', axis=1, inplace=True)
 
         # Check controls against cutoff_ratio
         # if so replace with pool_control