diff --git a/workflow/scripts/splitStudy.sh b/workflow/scripts/splitStudy.sh
index 1f82af6132dad6148adf506a34769c0af1fe9992..bbba75b1a21a1e8269ee1ccbcfa7c98325589f1f 100644
--- a/workflow/scripts/splitStudy.sh
+++ b/workflow/scripts/splitStudy.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ python3 ./workflow/scripts/splitStudy.py -s $1
 # run pipeline on replicate RIDs in parallel
 module load nextflow/20.01.0
 module load singularity/3.5.3
-while read repRID; do echo ${repRID}; sleep 15; done < "$1_studyRID.csv" | xargs -P 5 -I {} nextflow -q run workflow/rna-seq.nf --repRID {}
+while read repRID; do echo ${repRID}; sleep 15; done < "$1_studyRID.csv" | xargs -P 5 -I {} nextflow -q run workflow/rna-seq.nf --repRID {} -resume
 
 # cleanup study RID files
 rm $1_studyRID.json