diff --git a/workflow/rna-seq.nf b/workflow/rna-seq.nf
index 378fc81e631bd47df4aea2242494c36c6244e4b8..487957e605eef9de8be4dc88ae2dc39e1a0a38e4 100644
--- a/workflow/rna-seq.nf
+++ b/workflow/rna-seq.nf
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ process getData {
     echo -e "LOG: fetched" >> ${repRID}.getData.log
     
     fastqCount=\$(ls *.fastq.gz | wc -l)
-    echo "\${fastqCount}"" > fastqCount.csv
+    echo "\${fastqCount}" > fastqCount.csv
     """
 }