diff --git a/workflow/rna-seq.nf b/workflow/rna-seq.nf
index df26b7a652e430d8856ff84a744eecb4e0fe93cb..31fec91359472b11f10684d9e6024d98825ac5b5 100644
--- a/workflow/rna-seq.nf
+++ b/workflow/rna-seq.nf
@@ -1883,11 +1883,10 @@ process uploadOutputBag {
 }
 
 // Extract output bag RID into channel
-outputBagRID = Channel.create()
+outputBagRID = Channel.of(false)
 outputBagRID_fl.splitCsv(sep: ",", header: false).separate(
   outputBagRID
 )
-outputBagRID.ifEmpty(false)
 
 /* 
  * finalizeExecutionRun: finalizes the execution run