diff --git a/workflow/main.nf b/workflow/main.nf
index 6fb36ecbf9dac4356a8226d518cedfd93190565a..0de86a0cfe61f49732e3c54543fbf022bac39740 100755
--- a/workflow/main.nf
+++ b/workflow/main.nf
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ references = params.references
 process checkDesignFile {
 
   tag "${name}"
+  conda "argparse logging pandas"
 
   input:
     file designLocation