diff --git a/workflow/tests/test_parseMetadata.py b/workflow/tests/test_parseMetadata.py
index bede55f12460a4eba41c1e6d524c35b3d68ae3e5..e15f7c87567760ba9dbe95b65d8ec1a322d72d83 100644
--- a/workflow/tests/test_parseMetadata.py
+++ b/workflow/tests/test_parseMetadata.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ def test_parseMetadata():
 def readLine(fileName):
     data = False
     file = open(fileName, "r")
-    if file.readline()[] == "uk,se,unstranded,no,Homo sapiens,Experiment_RID,Study_RID,Replicate_RID":
+    if file.readline() == "uk,se,unstranded,no,Homo sapiens,Experiment_RID,Study_RID,Replicate_RID":
         data = True
 
     return data