diff --git a/workflow/rna-seq.nf b/workflow/rna-seq.nf
index b8de5d8a280b290161c207528655cbe507c2ebf6..4096ebdd86ccced760d813b40d9d2fa866d75bed 100755
--- a/workflow/rna-seq.nf
+++ b/workflow/rna-seq.nf
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ process parseMetadata {
     
     # Manually get endness
     endsManual=\$(python3 ${script_parseMeta} -r ${repRID} -m "${fileMeta}" -p endsManual)
-    echo "LOG: endedness manually detected: \${ends}" >>${repRID}.parseMetadata.err
+    echo "LOG: endedness manually detected: \${endsManual}" >>${repRID}.parseMetadata.err
     
     
     if [ \${endsMeta} == "uk" ]