diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 63a773a70a31266f96bf54a1bdc61c2f8fc94098..5f3e48934d60427d979c569d4e922be199aac63e 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ dedupData:
   - singularity run 'docker://bicf/gudmaprbkdedup:2.0.0' samtools sort -@ 20 -O BAM -o Q-Y5F6_1M.se.sorted.deduped.bam ./test_data/bam/small/Q-Y5F6_1M.se.deduped.bam
   - singularity run 'docker://bicf/gudmaprbkdedup:2.0.0' samtools index -@ 20 -b ./test_data/bam/small/Q-Y5F6_1M.se.sorted.deduped.bam Q-Y5F6_1M.se.sorted.deduped.bam.bai
   - >
-    for i in {"chr8","chr4","chrY"}; do 
+    for i in {"chr8","chr4","chrY"}; do
       echo "samtools view -b Q-Y5F6_1M.se.sorted.deduped.bam ${i} > Q-Y5F6_1M.se.sorted.deduped.${i}.bam; samtools index -@ 20 -b Q-Y5F6_1M.se.sorted.deduped.${i}.bam Q-Y5F6_1M.se.sorted.deduped.${i}.bam.bai;";
       done | singularity run 'docker://bicf/gudmaprbkdedup:2.0.0' parallel -j 20 -k
   - pytest -m dedupData
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ countData:
   script:
   - ln -s /project/BICF/BICF_Core/shared/gudmap/references/GRCh38.p12.v31/geneID.tsv
   - ln -s /project/BICF/BICF_Core/shared/gudmap/references/GRCh38.p12.v31/Entrez.tsv
-  - singularity run 'docker://bicf/subread2:2.0.0' featureCounts -T 20 -a /project/BICF/BICF_Core/shared/gudmap/references/GRCh38.p12.v31/genome.gtf -G /project/BICF/BICF_Core/shared/gudmap/references/GRCh38.p12.v31/genome.fna -g 'gene_name' --extraAttributes 'gene_id' -o Q-Y5F6_1M.se.countData -s 1 -R SAM --primary --ignoreDup ./test_data/bam/small/Q-Y5F6_1M.se.sorted.deduped.bam 
+  - singularity run 'docker://bicf/subread2:2.0.0' featureCounts -T 20 -a /project/BICF/BICF_Core/shared/gudmap/references/GRCh38.p12.v31/genome.gtf -G /project/BICF/BICF_Core/shared/gudmap/references/GRCh38.p12.v31/genome.fna -g 'gene_name' --extraAttributes 'gene_id' -o Q-Y5F6_1M.se.countData -s 1 -R SAM --primary --ignoreDup ./test_data/bam/small/Q-Y5F6_1M.se.sorted.deduped.bam
   - singularity run 'docker://bicf/subread2:2.0.0' Rscript ./workflow/scripts/calculateTPM.R --count ./test_data/counts/small/Q-Y5F6_1M.se.countData
   - singularity run 'docker://bicf/subread2:2.0.0' Rscript ./workflow/scripts/convertGeneSymbols.R --repRID Q-Y5F6_1M.se
   - assignedReads=$(grep -m 1 'Assigned' *.summary | grep -oe '\([0-9.]*\)')
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ override_fastq:
     max: 1
     when:
       - always
-    
+
 override_species:
   stage: integration
   only: [merge_requests]
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ override_species:
     max: 1
     when:
       - always
-  
+
 
 consistency:
   stage: consistency
@@ -397,10 +397,6 @@ consistency:
     variables:
         - $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TARGET_BRANCH_NAME =~ /master/
   script:
-  - grep -m 1 \"Assigned\":.[0-9] SE_multiqc_data.json | grep -oe '\([0-9.]*\)' > assignedSE.txt
-  - grep -m 1 \"Assigned\":.[0-9] PE_multiqc_data.json | grep -oe '\([0-9.]*\)' > assignedPE.txt
-  - echo 7742416 > assignedExpectSE.txt
-  - echo 2599140 > assignedExpectPE.txt
   - pytest -m consistencySE
   - pytest -m consistencyPE
   artifacts:
@@ -409,8 +405,4 @@ consistency:
     paths:
       - SE_multiqc_data.json
       - PE_multiqc_data.json
-      - assignedSE.txt
-      - assignedPE.txt
-      - assignedExpectSE.txt
-      - assignedExpectPE.txt
-    expire_in: 7 days
\ No newline at end of file
+    expire_in: 7 days
diff --git a/workflow/tests/test_consistency.py b/workflow/tests/test_consistency.py
index 49991489ef71eccb2a88a039420661dfc1f0a303..6188906a91ca6e1cc14858b56f9baee0112f2fc7 100644
--- a/workflow/tests/test_consistency.py
+++ b/workflow/tests/test_consistency.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import pytest
 import pandas as pd
 from io import StringIO
 import os
+import json
 
 test_output_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)) + \
     '/../../'
@@ -13,23 +14,21 @@ test_output_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)) + \
 def test_consistencySE():
     assert os.path.exists(os.path.join(
         test_output_path, 'SE_multiqc_data.json'))
-    assert readAssigned("assignedSE.txt", "assignedExpectSE.txt")
+
+    with open(os.path.join(
+        test_output_path, 'SE_multiqc_data.json')) as f:
+        assigned_reads_json = json.load(f)
+    assigned_reads = assigned_reads_json['report_general_stats_data'][0]['16-1ZX4']['Assigned']
+    assert  assigned_reads == 7742416
 
 
 @pytest.mark.consistencyPE
 def test_consistencyPE():
     assert os.path.exists(os.path.join(
         test_output_path, 'PE_multiqc_data.json'))
-    assert readAssigned("assignedPE.txt", "assignedExpectPE.txt")
-
-
-def readAssigned(fileAssigned, fileExpectAssigned):
-    data = False
-    assigned = open(fileAssigned, "r")
-    expect = open(fileExpectAssigned, "r")
-    lineAssigned = assigned.readline()
-    lineExpect = expect.readline()
-    if int(lineAssigned.strip()) < (int(lineExpect.strip())+(int(lineExpect.strip())*0.00001)) and int(lineAssigned.strip()) > (int(lineExpect.strip())-(int(lineExpect.strip())*0.00001)):
-        data = True
 
-    return data
+    with open(os.path.join(
+        test_output_path, 'PE_multiqc_data.json')) as f:
+        assigned_reads_json = json.load(f)
+    assigned_reads = assigned_reads_json['report_general_stats_data'][0]['Q-Y5JA']['Assigned']
+    assert  assigned_reads == 2599140