diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index a5251519026229541c9b029b79a2447fa08d9a8a..dc2eab106b9fff3a2d3a00dc5bde49c81046f5b2 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ consistency:
   - grep -m 1 \"Assigned\":.[0-9] SE_multiqc_data.json | grep -oe '\([0-9.]*\)' > assignedSE.txt
   - grep -m 1 \"Assigned\":.[0-9] PE_multiqc_data.json | grep -oe '\([0-9.]*\)' > assignedPE.txt
   - echo 7742416 > assignedExpectSE.txt
-  - echo 2599149 > assignedExpectPE.txt
+  - echo 2599140 > assignedExpectPE.txt
   - pytest -m consistencySE
   - pytest -m consistencyPE
   artifacts:
diff --git a/workflow/tests/test_consistency.py b/workflow/tests/test_consistency.py
index 0aecc02000f301eaf237a7e6ae6270761e01687e..5b8b803e5f769a89b0f7673b28846774112c7ae6 100644
--- a/workflow/tests/test_consistency.py
+++ b/workflow/tests/test_consistency.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ def readAssigned(fileAssigned,fileExpectAssigned):
     expect = open(fileExpectAssigned, "r")
     lineAssigned = assigned.readline()
     lineExpect = expect.readline()
-    if lineAssigned.strip() == lineExpect.strip():
+    if lineAssigned.strip() < (lineExpect.strip()+(lineExpect.strip()*0.00001)) and lineAssigned.strip() > (lineExpect.strip()-(lineExpect.strip()*0.00001)):
         data = True
 
     return data