diff --git a/source/_static/code/parse_blast.py b/source/_static/code/parse_blast.py
index 1429924e5a52eef85535fb83d55ea65c2ef523af..2a191373635af6a0defc4dc7d6e8dabe6c624d20 100644
--- a/source/_static/code/parse_blast.py
+++ b/source/_static/code/parse_blast.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def write_blast_output(hits, output_file):
     :type output_file: string
     """
     with open(output_file, 'w') as output:
-        for row in table_sorted:
+        for row in hits:
             row = [str(x) for x in row]
             output.write("\t".join(row) + "\n")