diff --git a/workflow/rna-seq.nf b/workflow/rna-seq.nf
index 95239b0fbd70511d2c02e4acf4ac90beb3688b39..3a402fc62c6479597f018a04114d5a8b5484f4c2 100644
--- a/workflow/rna-seq.nf
+++ b/workflow/rna-seq.nf
@@ -937,11 +937,11 @@ speciesInfer.into {
 }
 
 // Split species count error into separate channel
-speciesCountError = Channel.create()
-speciesCountError_details = Channel.create()
+speciesError = Channel.create()
+speciesError_details = Channel.create()
 speciesError_fl.splitCsv(sep: ",", header: false).separate(
-  speciesCountError,
-  speciesCountError_details
+  speciesError,
+  speciesError_details
 )
 
 //  Replicate errors for multiple process inputs