diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index f25142b6974f61122a848c0071394055c91945ee..5c9d184ccff41358ca43353aa909d8fda6e788fd 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ parseMetadata:
   - singularity run 'docker://bicf/python3:1.3' python3 ./workflow/scripts/parseMeta.py -r Replicate_RID -m "./test_data/meta/metaTest.csv" -p ends
   - singularity run 'docker://bicf/python3:1.3' python3 ./workflow/scripts/parseMeta.py -r Replicate_RID -m "./test_data/meta/metaTest.csv" -p endsManual
   - singularity run 'docker://bicf/python3:1.3' python3 ./workflow/scripts/parseMeta.py -r Replicate_RID -m "./test_data/meta/metaTest.csv" -p stranded -e se
-  - singularity run 'docker://bicf/python3:1.3' python3 ./workflow/scripts/parseMeta.py -r Replicate_RID -m "./test_data/meta/metaTest.csv" -p specie
+  - singularity run 'docker://bicf/python3:1.3' python3 ./workflow/scripts/parseMeta.py -r Replicate_RID -m "./test_data/meta/metaTest.csv" -p species
 
 getRef:
   stage: unit