diff --git a/tools/metaphlan3/metaphlan/paired/Snakefile b/tools/metaphlan3/metaphlan/paired/Snakefile
index 3e41c2fea8911663a5bb2185f4e8cc011e436fe3..55175901ad8cbe8aeb75453808d1b82196aa7810 100644
--- a/tools/metaphlan3/metaphlan/paired/Snakefile
+++ b/tools/metaphlan3/metaphlan/paired/Snakefile
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@ rule metaphlan3_paired:
         r1 = __metaphlan3_input_r1,
         r2 = __metaphlan3_input_r2
     output:
-        __metaphlan3_output
+        profile = __metaphlan3_output,
+        bowtie2out = __metaphlan3_output_bowtie2out,
+        sams = __metaphlan3_output_sams
     params:
         exec_command = __metaphlan3_exec_command,
         modules = __metaphlan3_modules,
         input_type = __metaphlan3_input_type,
-        bowtie2out = "{output_dir}/{sample}.bowtie2.bz2".format(output_dir=__metaphlan3_output_dir, sample="{sample}"),
-        sams = "{output_dir}/{sample}.sam.bz2".format(output_dir=__metaphlan3_output_dir, sample="{sample}"),
         options = __metaphlan3_options
     threads:
         __metaphlan3_threads
@@ -32,5 +32,5 @@ rule metaphlan3_paired:
         command = []
         if params.modules:
             command.append("module load {params.modules}")
-        command.append("{params.exec_command} --nproc {threads} --input_type {params.input_type} -s {params.sams} --bowtie2out {params.bowtie2out} {params.options} {input.r1},{input.r2} {output}")
+        command.append("{params.exec_command} --nproc {threads} --input_type {params.input_type} -s {output.sams} --bowtie2out {output.bowtie2out} {params.options} {input.r1},{input.r2} {output.profile}")
         shell(" && ".join(command))