diff --git a/genect_rnaseq/geneabundance.sh b/genect_rnaseq/geneabundance.sh
index 35c1d000fc2ad58ff7963819facfd92cd0f6b006..7eb6d3ff2b8a89cf0c77df26d9c37720bfb56eb1 100644
--- a/genect_rnaseq/geneabundance.sh
+++ b/genect_rnaseq/geneabundance.sh
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ then
 fi
 source /etc/profile.d/modules.sh
 module load subread/1.6.1
-
+baseDir="`dirname \"$0\"`"
 export PATH=/project/shared/bicf_workflow_ref/seqprg/bin:$PATH
 
 featureCounts -s $stranded -M --fraction -J --ignoreDup -T $NPROC -p -g gene_name -a ${gtf} -o ${pair_id}.cts ${sbam}