diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1feda591e54e241a26f75ad56dfa8d1195dd183b..a85a844ae1fbdc299eb175ab14449bf9e20d40e0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 * Add test for DNAnexus env
 * Add test for AWS env
 * Fix fetch fastq count
+* Fix failPreExecutionRun error collection
 
 *Known Bugs*
 * Override params (inputBag, fastq, species) aren't checked for integrity
diff --git a/rna-seq.nf b/rna-seq.nf
index 4df4c6ffc893a91c925c23b453fbda61a3430134..bc43ee5b272de00cdb4f5c7f0e5f7230c12fb33e 100644
--- a/rna-seq.nf
+++ b/rna-seq.nf
@@ -2715,19 +2715,19 @@ process failPreExecutionRun {
     errorDetails=""
     if [ ${fastqCountError} == true ]
     then
-      errorDetails=\$(echo ${fastqCountError_details}"\\n")
+      errorDetails=\$(echo "${fastqCountError_details}\\n")
     elif [ ${fastqReadError} == true ]
     then
-      errorDetails=\$(echo \${errorDetails}${fastqReadError_details}"\\n")
+      errorDetails=\$(echo "\${errorDetails}${fastqReadError_details}\\n")
     elif [ ${fastqFileError} == true ]
     then
-      errorDetails=\$(echo \${errorDetails}${fastqFileError_details}"\\n")
+      errorDetails=\$(echo "\${errorDetails}${fastqFileError_details}\\n")
     elif [ ${seqtypeError} == true ]
     then
-      errorDetails=\$(echo \${errorDetails}${seqtypeError_details}"\\n")
+      errorDetails=\$(echo "\${errorDetails}${seqtypeError_details}\\n")
     elif [ ${speciesError} == true ]
     then
-      errorDetails=\$(echo \${errorDetails}${speciesError_details}"\\n")
+      errorDetails=\$(echo "\${errorDetails}${speciesError_details}\\n")
     fi
 
     echo LOG: searching for workflow RID - BICF mRNA ${workflow.manifest.version} >> ${repRID}.failPreExecutionRun.log