diff --git a/dge_workflow/dge_utils.sh b/dge_workflow/dge_utils.sh
index 693e9da6f45e0f9c137f14059048abe1555a6f7d..7ef500a9ea427a9022a7434f1e55f181b3a8a5af 100755
--- a/dge_workflow/dge_utils.sh
+++ b/dge_workflow/dge_utils.sh
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ bamLabels=$(echo "$bamFiles" |sed 's!.*/!!' | sed 's/_ca.bam//g' | sed 's/.bam//
 
 ## see how well bam files correlate using untrimmed data
 bcCmd="bamCorrelate bins --bamfiles $(echo $bamFiles | xargs echo) --labels $bamLabels --plotFile='bc.pdf' --outFileCorMatrix='bc.txt' --numberOfProcessors=6 --corMethod spearman --zMin 0.5 --zMax 1"
-mysub "${project}__bamcorrelate" "$bcCmd"  -q long -n 4 -R span[hosts=1] | blockScript
+mysub "${project}__bamcorrelate" "$bcCmd"  -q long -n 4 -R span[hosts=1] | blockScript .bamcorrelate
 
 mailme "$project: bamcorrelate done in $(pwd)"