diff --git a/rna-seq.nf b/rna-seq.nf
index 031040aa70c6d4446877978f435358899d7effa1..58a57fa01941dffb770dd77119835db2e09ac82e 100644
--- a/rna-seq.nf
+++ b/rna-seq.nf
@@ -278,6 +278,7 @@ process getData {
     if [ "\${fastqCount}" == "0" ]
     then
       touch dummy.R1.fastq.gz
+      touch dummy.R2.fastq.gz
     fi
     echo "\${fastqCount}" > fastqCount.csv