diff --git a/workflow/scripts/pool_and_psuedoreplicate.py b/workflow/scripts/pool_and_psuedoreplicate.py
index c0d0d76f8bb198693454b88230d63858e3c7c946..2dae5f78b8ffa3e5ee6e8b2e6b04e09ff6a6d019 100644
--- a/workflow/scripts/pool_and_psuedoreplicate.py
+++ b/workflow/scripts/pool_and_psuedoreplicate.py
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ def main():
         # Check controls against cutoff_ratio
         # if so replace with pool_control
         path_to_pool_control = cwd + '/' + pool_control
-        if if control_df.values.max() > 1.2:
+        if control_df.values.max() > 1.2:
             logger.info("Number of reads in controls differ by " +
                 " > factor of %f. Using pooled controls." % (cutoff_ratio))
             design_new_df['control_tag_align'] = path_to_pool_control