diff --git a/workflow/rna-seq.nf b/workflow/rna-seq.nf
index 3178a3335771a6427f2bac7ce77a469656ab3c98..f890b82e0f0cc54b04d228e024bb8ffb42caecc3 100644
--- a/workflow/rna-seq.nf
+++ b/workflow/rna-seq.nf
@@ -345,6 +345,7 @@ process parseMetadata {
 
     # ganually get endness
     if [ "${fastqCount}" == "1" ]
+    then
       endsManual="se"
     else
       endsManual="pe"