diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0d177da2805088748032bb7b76f1f0d23173e3de..c0b74db49beecd34106bcdc392829efc0e37e26d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # v1.0.3
 **User Facing**
-* Endness metadata "Single Read" changed to "Single End" in data-hub, pipeline updated to handle (#110)
+* Endness metadata "Single Read" changed to "Single End" in data-hub, pipeline updated to handle (#110) ("Single Read" still acceptable for backwards compatibility)
 
 **Background**
 * Add memory limit (75%) per thread for samtools sort (#108)
diff --git a/workflow/rna-seq.nf b/workflow/rna-seq.nf
index bdb12e8e5a2c3c82060ee7c74a5cd03ce9119372..bce0d20267d6c5b28455c98d95ba24188abdba17 100644
--- a/workflow/rna-seq.nf
+++ b/workflow/rna-seq.nf
@@ -343,6 +343,10 @@ process parseMetadata {
     elif [ "\${endsRaw}" == "Paired End" ]
     then
       endsMeta="pe"
+    elseif [ "\${endsRaw}" == "Single Read" ]
+    # "Single Read" depreciated as of Jan 2021, this option is present for backwards compatibility
+    then
+      endsMeta="se"
     elif [ "\${endsRaw}" == "nan" ]
     then
       endsRaw="_No value_"