diff --git a/GenoLayout.sh b/GenoLayout.sh
index f981cd162ca421c4b7411b249acceed098139462..85654087d506d1e38bab13aa8c13042bdcb4e8d3 100755
--- a/GenoLayout.sh
+++ b/GenoLayout.sh
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ echo  " [ok]" >&2 ;
 
 shift 1 ;
 
-for FASTA in $(ls $@)
+for FASTA in $@
 do
   if [ ! -e $FASTA ]; then echo "file not found: $FASTA"     >&2 ; continue; fi 
   if [   -d $FASTA ]; then echo "not a file: $FASTA"         >&2 ; continue; fi