diff --git a/workflow/rna-seq.nf b/workflow/rna-seq.nf
index b8d8b549031953522b8a049c08b28aa116d97239..cec1b29c1375fb106a5c8bfccbff6fc734716cb9 100644
--- a/workflow/rna-seq.nf
+++ b/workflow/rna-seq.nf
@@ -836,8 +836,9 @@ process inferMetadata {
         bam="GRCm.sampled.sorted.bam"
         bed="./GRCm/genome.bed"
       fi
+    else
+      echo -e "LOG: inference of species results in: \${species}" >> ${repRID}.inferMetadata.log
     fi
-    echo -e "LOG: inference of species results in: \${species}" >> ${repRID}.inferMetadata.log
 
     # infer experimental setting from dedup bam
     echo -e "LOG: infer experimental setting from dedup bam" >> ${repRID}.inferMetadata.log