diff --git a/libsmallrna/libsmallrna.pyx b/libsmallrna/libsmallrna.pyx
index f80a4005d7de0d6c5507bb6f9b79931727582d6c..98844baf0ae4ced67ad4ce08a7e4fcb0105f9f8b 100755
--- a/libsmallrna/libsmallrna.pyx
+++ b/libsmallrna/libsmallrna.pyx
@@ -439,9 +439,9 @@ def count_small(annot_infos, write_queue):
                     map(str, annotations)), file=stderr)
                 annot = find_matching_annot(annotations, seq)
                 # exit(1)
-            write_queue.put(("tRF", fastq))
+            write_queue.put(("tRFRNA", fastq))
             counters["tRF"][annot[4]] += 1
-            counters["tRF"]["tRF"] += 1
+            counters["tRF"]["tRFRNA"] += 1
         else:
             # Consider a "general" all_si
             write_queue.put(("all_siRNA", fastq))