diff --git a/config/config.yaml b/config/config.yaml
index 622a8525e919f4233b1175a12e207ee2ab928d7a..8ab4caca5c5b12b744eeb7597c57b57b6278f56b 100755
--- a/config/config.yaml
+++ b/config/config.yaml
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ fastq_screen:
 
 adapters:
     remove: yes
-    tool: alienTrimmer # could be alienTrimmer or cutadapt
+    tool: cutadapt # could be alienTrimmer or cutadapt
     cutadapt_file: file:config/TruSeq_Stranded_RNA.fa
     alien_file: config/TruSeq_Stranded_RNA.fa
     m: 25