diff --git a/workflow/scripts/trim_reads.py b/workflow/scripts/trim_reads.py
index ebd1f8fd91f917d242cd1c0c1b73fef6eb26f038..e31ec938b6d7e0ef5570afc394c98a365041f863 100644
--- a/workflow/scripts/trim_reads.py
+++ b/workflow/scripts/trim_reads.py
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ def rename_reads(fastq, sample, paired):
         # Great symbolic links
         os.symlink(fastq[0], renamed_fastq[0])
 
-    return fastq_rename
+    return renamed_fastq
 
 
 def trim_reads(fastq, paired):