diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 35f058675d60a887a23819fde2a8964f328233c9..c1540c9e150b1234d6c2b3f631f90d1523817929 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ parseMetadata:
   - singularity run 'docker://bicf/python3:1.3' python3 ./workflow/scripts/parseMeta.py -r Replicate_RID -m "./test_data/meta/metaTest.csv" -p repRID
   - singularity run 'docker://bicf/python3:1.3' python3 ./workflow/scripts/parseMeta.py -r Replicate_RID -m "./test_data/meta/metaTest.csv" -p ends
   - singularity run 'docker://bicf/python3:1.3' python3 ./workflow/scripts/parseMeta.py -r Replicate_RID -m "./test_data/meta/metaTest.csv" -p endsManual
-  - singularity run 'docker://bicf/python3:1.3' python3 ./workflow/scripts/parseMeta.py -r Replicate_RID -m "./test_data/meta/metaTest.csv" -p stranded -e se
+  - singularity run 'docker://bicf/python3:1.3' python3 ./workflow/scripts/parseMeta.py -r Replicate_RID -m "./test_data/meta/metaTest.csv" -p stranded
   - singularity run 'docker://bicf/python3:1.3' python3 ./workflow/scripts/parseMeta.py -r Replicate_RID -m "./test_data/meta/metaTest.csv" -p species
 
 getRef: