diff --git a/workflow/main.nf b/workflow/main.nf
index 77f22becef0d5fd228ebf80b20936f9c831622e0..1908dfdfb2724a07916d7a342a088c3becf7a12c 100644
--- a/workflow/main.nf
+++ b/workflow/main.nf
@@ -129,18 +129,18 @@ process alignReads {
   output:
 
   set sampleId, file('*.bam'), experimentId, biosample, factor, treatment, replicate, controlId into mappedReads
-  file '*.srt.bam.flagstat.qc' into mappedReadsStats
+  file '*.flagstat.qc' into mappedReadsStats
 
   script:
 
   if (pairedEnd) {
     """
-    python3 $baseDir/scripts/map_reads.py -f ${reads[0]} ${reads[1]} -r ${index}/genome.fa -p
+    python3 $baseDir/scripts/map_reads.py -f ${reads[0]} ${reads[1]} -r ${index}/genome.fa -s $sampleId -p
     """
   }
   else {
     """
-    python3 $baseDir/scripts/map_reads.py -f $reads -r ${index}/genome.fa
+    python3 $baseDir/scripts/map_reads.py -f $reads -r ${index}/genome.fa -s $sampleId
     """
   }
 
diff --git a/workflow/scripts/map_reads.py b/workflow/scripts/map_reads.py
index b7d3144fe8484f2d8939c773229c45b58e283315..b8a2ec54dc307949b374beec5f9af007af08685a 100644
--- a/workflow/scripts/map_reads.py
+++ b/workflow/scripts/map_reads.py
@@ -24,16 +24,10 @@ logger.addHandler(logging.NullHandler())
 logger.propagate = False
 logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
 
-# the order of this list is important.
-# strip_extensions strips from the right inward, so
-# the expected right-most extensions should appear first (like .gz)
-# Modified from J. Seth Strattan
-STRIP_EXTENSIONS = ['.gz', '.fq', '.fastq', '_trimmed']
-
 
 def get_args():
     '''Define arguments.'''
-    
+
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
         description=__doc__, epilog=EPILOG,
         formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter)
@@ -47,6 +41,10 @@ def get_args():
                         help="The bwa index of the reference genome.",
                         required=True)
 
+    parser.add_argument('-s', '--sample',
+                        help="The name of the sample.",
+                        required=True)
+
     parser.add_argument('-p', '--paired',
                         help="True/False if paired-end or single end.",
                         default=False,
@@ -157,6 +155,7 @@ def main():
     paired = args.paired
     fastq = args.fastq
     reference = args.reference
+    sample = args.sample
 
     # Create a file handler
     handler = logging.FileHandler('map.log')
@@ -171,23 +170,17 @@ def main():
         sai_filename = generate_sa(fq, reference)
         sai.append(sai_filename)
 
+    # Make file basename
+    fastq_basename = sample
+
     # Run alignment for either PE or SE
     if paired:  # paired-end data
-        fastq_r1_basename = os.path.basename(
-            utils.strip_extensions(fastq[0], STRIP_EXTENSIONS))
-        fastq_r2_basename = os.path.basename(
-            utils.strip_extensions(fastq[1], STRIP_EXTENSIONS))
-        fastq_basename = fastq_r1_basename + fastq_r2_basename
-
         bam_filename = align_pe(fastq, sai, reference, fastq_basename)
 
     else:
-        fastq_basename = os.path.basename(
-            utils.strip_extensions(fastq[0], STRIP_EXTENSIONS))
-
         bam_filename = align_se(fastq, sai, reference, fastq_basename)
 
-    bam_mapstats_filename = '%s.srt.bam.flagstat.qc' % (fastq_basename)
+    bam_mapstats_filename = '%s.flagstat.qc' % (fastq_basename)
     with open(bam_mapstats_filename, 'w') as fh:
         subprocess.check_call(
             shlex.split("samtools flagstat %s" % (bam_filename)),
diff --git a/workflow/tests/test_map_reads.py b/workflow/tests/test_map_reads.py
index 328858216abb88528c2d25e06bce20d7d469f1cb..60a2e39009f64f2a554d200ba41f1f4d28fe92a8 100644
--- a/workflow/tests/test_map_reads.py
+++ b/workflow/tests/test_map_reads.py
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ test_output_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)) + \
 
 @pytest.mark.singleend
 def test_map_reads_singleend():
-    assert os.path.exists(os.path.join(test_output_path, 'ENCFF646LXU.srt.bam'))
-    aligned_reads_report = test_output_path + 'ENCFF646LXU.srt.bam.flagstat.qc'
+    assert os.path.exists(os.path.join(test_output_path, 'ENCLB831RUI.bam'))
+    aligned_reads_report = test_output_path + 'ENCLB831RUI.flagstat.qc'
     samtools_report = open(aligned_reads_report).readlines()
     assert '80795025 + 0 in total' in samtools_report[0]
     assert '80050072 + 0 mapped (99.08% : N/A)' in samtools_report[4]
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ def test_map_reads_singleend():
 
 @pytest.mark.pairedend
 def test_map_reads_pairedend():
-    assert os.path.exists(os.path.join(test_output_path, 'ENCFF002DTU_val_1ENCFF002EFI_val_2.srt.bam'))
-    aligned_reads_report = test_output_path + 'ENCFF002DTU_val_1ENCFF002EFI_val_2.srt.bam.flagstat.qc'
+    assert os.path.exists(os.path.join(test_output_path, 'ENCLB678IDC.bam'))
+    aligned_reads_report = test_output_path + 'ENCLB678IDC.flagstat.qc'
     samtools_report = open(aligned_reads_report).readlines()
     assert '72660890 + 0 in total' in samtools_report[0]
     assert '72053925 + 0 mapped (99.16% : N/A)' in samtools_report[4]