diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 21fb63812a42a7580996eacbd70c0a03f4866648..947a384315a634c686794a8b1f6e0db2c531c242 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# v2.0.0rc01
+# v2.0.0rc02
 **User Facing**
 * Endness metadata "Single Read" changed to "Single End" in data-hub, pipeline updated to handle (#110) ("Single Read" still acceptable for backwards compatibility)
 * Strandedness metadata "yes"/"no" changed to boolean "t"/"f" in data-hub, pipeline updated to handle (#70) ("yes"/"no" still acceptable for backwards compatibility)
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 * Merge data error pre-inference execution run upload/finalize to 1 process
 * Change uploadOutputBag logic to change reuse hatrac file if alread exists (re-uses Output_Bag entry by reassigning Execution_Run RID) (#112)
 * Add new CI py tests for override and integration
+* Fix fastq file and species error status detail bub (#118)
 
 *Known Bugs*
 * Override params (inputBag, fastq, species) aren't checked for integrity
diff --git a/workflow/rna-seq.nf b/workflow/rna-seq.nf
index e3690bfcce75dbce98d553648995e023c97af905..555f711ed3abe7a621be3de603c12a7cc56b3c13 100644
--- a/workflow/rna-seq.nf
+++ b/workflow/rna-seq.nf
@@ -2420,10 +2420,10 @@ process failPreExecutionRun {
       errorDetails=\$(echo \$(errorDetails)${fastqReadError_details}"\\n")
     elif [ ${fastqFileError} == true ]
     then
-      errorDetails=\$(echo \$(errorDetails)${fastqReadError_details}"\\n")
+      errorDetails=\$(echo \$(errorDetails)${fastqFileError_details}"\\n")
     elif [ ${speciesError} == true ]
     then
-      errorDetails=\$(echo \$(errorDetails)${fastqReadError_details}"\\n")
+      errorDetails=\$(echo \$(errorDetails)${speciesError_details}"\\n")
     fi
 
     echo LOG: searching for workflow RID - BICF mRNA ${workflow.manifest.version} >> ${repRID}.failPreExecutionRun.log