diff --git a/workflow/tests/test_consistency.py b/workflow/tests/test_consistency.py
index 7659290d8d5ae5e90fbf01041a4f9ccd8f7e8dd8..0aecc02000f301eaf237a7e6ae6270761e01687e 100644
--- a/workflow/tests/test_consistency.py
+++ b/workflow/tests/test_consistency.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ def test_consistencyPE():
     assert os.path.exists(os.path.join(test_output_path, 'PE_multiqc_data.json'))
     assert readAssigned("assignedPE.txt","assignedExpectPE.txt")
 
-def readAssgned(fileAssigned,fileExpectAssigned):
+def readAssigned(fileAssigned,fileExpectAssigned):
     data = False
     assigned = open(fileAssigned, "r")
     expect = open(fileExpectAssigned, "r")