diff --git a/rna-seq.nf b/rna-seq.nf
index 87f53fbb823555251e2fbd69ec3cb6b5d30f06e6..9f6c9afc27352b71e968424245d937554c0dae19 100644
--- a/rna-seq.nf
+++ b/rna-seq.nf
@@ -942,6 +942,7 @@ process seqwho {
 
 // Extract infered sepecies metadata into channel and replicate them for multiple process inputs
 speciesInfer = Channel.create()
+speciesInfer_failPreExecutionRun = Channel.create()
 inferSpecies_fl.splitCsv(sep: ",", header: false).separate(
   speciesInfer
 )