diff --git a/workflow/tests/test_dataQC.py b/workflow/tests/test_dataQC.py
index 13baa1ca86078e7c0e19a3cc1601db9876ea0004..e77d4680fd8eac61c3a9b9a8fd175136a61244b9 100644
--- a/workflow/tests/test_dataQC.py
+++ b/workflow/tests/test_dataQC.py
@@ -16,9 +16,8 @@ def test_dataQC():
 def countLines(fileName):
     data = False
     file = open(fileName, "r")
-    for line in file:
-        if file.readlines()[6] != "geneID":
-            data = True
-            break
+    file.readline()
+    if file.readlines()[6] != "geneID":
+        data = True
 
     return data