diff --git a/workflow/rna-seq.nf b/workflow/rna-seq.nf
index 487957e605eef9de8be4dc88ae2dc39e1a0a38e4..e3cbcbe23427f85708fe478d4a4cb82d4fc7bfdd 100644
--- a/workflow/rna-seq.nf
+++ b/workflow/rna-seq.nf
@@ -840,7 +840,7 @@ process inferMetadata {
       fi
     fi
 
-    if [ "\${speciesError" == false } && [ "${speciesForce}" = "" ]
+    if [ "\${speciesError" == false ] && [ "${speciesForce}" = "" ]
     then
       # infer experimental setting from dedup bam
       echo -e "LOG: infer experimental setting from dedup bam" >> ${repRID}.inferMetadata.log