diff --git a/PanACoTA/align_module/get_seqs.py b/PanACoTA/align_module/get_seqs.py
index d6d347daba06b74d1484408c7caf10bcf1c9e8e2..a8b61df01e533b9684b9a508b6602216d3a1273e 100755
--- a/PanACoTA/align_module/get_seqs.py
+++ b/PanACoTA/align_module/get_seqs.py
@@ -265,10 +265,11 @@ def extract_sequences(to_extract, fasf, files_todo=None, outf=None):
             previous_fp = None
 
             # Extract sequence name
-            last_char = line.find(' ')
-            if last_char == -1:
-                last_char = len(line)
-            seq = line[1:last_char].strip()
+            # last_char = line.find(' ')
+            # if last_char == -1:
+            #     last_char = len(line)
+            # seq = line[1:last_char].strip()
+            seq = line.strip().split()[0][1:]
 
             # Seq is part of sequences to extract
             if seq in to_extract: