diff --git a/workflow/rules/sortmerna.rules b/workflow/rules/sortmerna.rules
index 9fed2f6914178932063267e189952fe5adee7bf0..3e384c6a53fdbc7b78a052230dc224480469d9cd 100755
--- a/workflow/rules/sortmerna.rules
+++ b/workflow/rules/sortmerna.rules
@@ -70,10 +70,10 @@ rule sortmerna:
         if [[ ${{#infiles[@]}} -eq 2 ]];
         then
             sortmerna --ref ${{fasta}} --idx-dir ${{idxdir}} --workdir {params.tmpdir}/{wildcards.SAMPLE} -threads {threads} --reads ${{infiles[0]}} --reads ${{infiles[1]}} --aligned out_paired_ribo --fastx --out2 --paired_out --other out_paired  -v > {log.out} 2> {log.err}
-            mv out_paired_fwd.fq${{ext}} {{outnorRNA[0]}}
-            mv out_paired_rev.fq${{ext}} {{outnorRNA[1]}}
-            mv out_paired_ribo_fwd.fq${{ext}} {{outrRNA[0]}}
-            mv out_paired_ribo_rev.fq${{ext}} {{outrRNA[1]}}
+            mv out_paired_fwd.fq${{ext}} ${{outnorRNA[0]}}
+            mv out_paired_rev.fq${{ext}} ${{outnorRNA[1]}}
+            mv out_paired_ribo_fwd.fq${{ext}} ${{outrRNA[0]}}
+            mv out_paired_ribo_rev.fq${{ext}} ${{outrRNA[1]}}
             #mv output.rRNA.log {log.out}
 
         else