diff --git a/scripts/bam2bigwig.sh b/scripts/bam2bigwig.sh
index 35436baf7c3d3360f597d3233402607443870bab..6c1b909f6c865b54afbbc4cc01eeed0be7aeb7f4 100755
--- a/scripts/bam2bigwig.sh
+++ b/scripts/bam2bigwig.sh
@@ -36,12 +36,12 @@
 
 load_tools ()
 {
-     bedops --version 2> /dev/null || module load bedops/2.4.36
-     python3 -V 2> /dev/null || module load Python/3.7.2
-     samtools --version 2> /dev/null || module load samtools/1.9
-     bedtools --version 2> /dev/null || module load bedtools/2.25.0
-     niceload --version 2> /dev/null || module load parallel/20170122
-     bedGraphToBigWig 2> /dev/null || module load UCSC-tools/v373
+     command -v || module load bedops/2.4.36
+     command -v || module load Python/3.7.2
+     command -v samtools || module load samtools/1.9
+     command -v bedtools || module load bedtools/2.25.0
+     command -v niceload || module load parallel/20170122
+     command -v bedGraphToBigWig || module load UCSC-tools/v373
 }
 
 workdir=$(mktemp -d)