diff --git a/workflow/scripts/bdbagFetch.sh b/workflow/scripts/bdbagFetch.sh
index cdbe8e47f9d8e9fe53ea6f7f475c945fcac56c1b..de47b9b301aa6105837349f36df4bb98475cf772 100644
--- a/workflow/scripts/bdbagFetch.sh
+++ b/workflow/scripts/bdbagFetch.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ then
     bdbag --resolve-fetch all --fetch-filter filename\$*fastq.gz ${1}
     for i in $(find */ -name "*R*.fastq.gz")
     do
-        path=${2}$(echo ${i##*/} | grep -o "R[1,2]").fastq.gz
+        path=${2}$.(echo ${i##*/} | grep -o "R[1,2]").fastq.gz
         cp ${i} ./${path}
     done
 elif [ "${3}" == "TEST" ]