diff --git a/workflow/rna-seq.nf b/workflow/rna-seq.nf
index 3596bd155ca64bd2f562b07ff25100dd2a0b1995..8c247c2508b426992237fa5cfe5fb496e0f99579 100644
--- a/workflow/rna-seq.nf
+++ b/workflow/rna-seq.nf
@@ -268,7 +268,8 @@ if (fastqsForce != "") {
   Channel
     .fromPath(fastqsForce)
     .ifEmpty { exit 1, "override inputBag file not found: ${fastqsForce}" }
-    .collect().set {
+    .collect().into {
+      fastqs_parseMetadata
       fastqs_trimData
     }
 } else {