diff --git a/nextflow.config b/nextflow.config
index 824242fbe..b578b522e 100644
--- a/nextflow.config
+++ b/nextflow.config
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ params {
   container = 'nfcore/chipseq:latest' // Container slug. Stable releases should specify release tag!
 
   reads = "data/*{1,2}*.fastq.gz"
+  readPaths = false
   macsconfig = "data/macsconfig"
   multiqc_config = "$baseDir/conf/multiqc_config.yaml"
   extendReadsLen = 100