diff --git a/pipeline_documentation.md b/pipeline_documentation.md
index 41bc09574a0795e94593744c4be876cfc55f52f8..3774eb0fbc930234fea3eb9c38ac3eb065d545e5 100644
--- a/pipeline_documentation.md
+++ b/pipeline_documentation.md
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ This document describes the individual rules of the pipeline for information pur
 ## Detailed description of steps
 The pipeline consists of three snakefiles: A main Snakefile and an individual Snakefile for each sequencing mode (single-end and paired-end), as parameters to individual tools differ between the sequencing modes. The main Snakefile contains some general rules for the creation of indices, rules that are applicable to both sequencing modes, and rules that deal with summary steps and combining results across samples of the run.     
 Individual rules of the pipeline are described briefly, and links to the respective software manuals are given. If parameters can be influenced by the user (via the samples table) they are also described.
-Description of paired- and single-end rules are combined, only differences are highlighted.
+Description of paired and single-end rules are combined, only differences are highlighted.
 
 
 ### General
@@ -74,9 +74,10 @@ soft_clip | "Local": standard local alignment with soft-clipping allowed. "EndTo
 pass_mode | "None": 1-pass mapping; "Basic": basic 2-pass mapping, with all 1st pass junctions inserted into the genome indices on the fly; for star mapping (type=STRING)
 libtype | "A": automatically infer. For more info see [salmon manual](https://salmon.readthedocs.io/en/latest/salmon.html) (type=STRING)
 kallisto_directionality | "--fr-stranded":Strand specific reads, first read forward. "--rf-stranded": Strand specific reads, first read reverse; for kallisto (type=STRING)
-fq1_polya | stretch of As or Ts, depending on read orientation; for cutadapt (type=STRING)
-fq2_polya | stretch of As or Ts, depending on read orientation; for cutadapt (type=STRING)
-
+fq1_polya3p | stretch of As or Ts, depending on read orientation, trimmed from the 3' end of the read; for cutadapt (type=STRING)
+fq1_polya5p | stretch of As or Ts, depending on read orientation, trimmed from the 5' end of the read; for cutadapt (type=STRING)
+fq2_polya3p| stretch of As or Ts, depending on read orientation, trimmed from the 3' end of the read; for cutadapt (type=STRING)
+fq2_polya5p| stretch of As or Ts, depending on read orientation, trimmed from the 5' end of the read; for cutadapt (type=STRING)
 
 #### create log directories
 Currently not implemented as Snakemake rule, but general statement.
@@ -260,33 +261,26 @@ Creates an interactive report after the pipeline is finished. [MultiQC](https://
 **Output:** fastq files with adapters removed, reads shorter than 10nt will be discarded.    
 
 
-**Arguments not influencable by user:**        
+**Non-customisable arguments:**        
 -e 0.1  maximum error-rate of 10%    
 -j 8    use 8 threads    
 -m 10   Discard processed reads that are shorter than 10    
--n 3    search for all the given adapter sequences repeatedly, either until no adapter match was found or until 3 rounds have been performed.    
+-n 2    search for all the given adapter sequences repeatedly, either until no adapter match was found or until 2 rounds have been performed.    
 
 *paired end:*    
---pair-filter=both      filtering criteria must apply to both reads in order for a read pair to be discarded
-
-*single end:*    
--O 1    minimal overlap of 1
+--pair-filter=any      filtering criteria must apply to any of the two reads in order for a read pair to be discarded
 
 #### (pe_)remove_polya_cutadapt
-Here, [Cutadapt](https://cutadapt.readthedocs.io/en/stable/)t is used to remove poly(A) tails. 
+Here, [Cutadapt](https://cutadapt.readthedocs.io/en/stable/) is used to remove poly(A) tails. 
 
 **Input:** fastq reads    
 **Parameters:** Adapters to be removed, specified by user in the columns 'fq1_polya', 'fq2_polya', respectively.    
 **Output:** fastq files with poly(A) tails removed, reads shorter than 10nt will be discarded. 
 
-**Arguments like in remove_adapters_cutadapt and additionally:**    
---match-read-wildcards This option is used to allow matching wildcard characters also within reads, because if no tail should be trimmed "XXXXXX" is specified in the samples table, which doesn't match any nucleotides, and thus nothing will be done here.    
--n 2    search for all the given adapter sequences repeatedly, either until no adapter match was found or until 2 rounds have been performed.    
--q 6    trim low-quality 3'ends with a cutoff of 6 nucleotides    
-
-
+**Arguments similar to remove_adapters_cutadapt and additionally:**    
+-n 1    search for all the given adapter sequences repeatedly, either until no adapter match was found or until 1 round has been performed.    
 *paired end:*
---pair-filter=both      filtering criteria must apply to both reads in order for a read pair to be discarded
+--pair-filter=any      filtering criteria must apply to both reads in order for a read pair to be discarded
 
 *single end:*    
 -O 1    minimal overlap of 1
@@ -318,8 +312,6 @@ Spliced Transcripts Alignment to a Reference; Read the [Publication](https://www
 *Same for single- and paired-end.*
 
 
-
-
 #### (pe_)quantification_salmon
 [Salmon](https://salmon.readthedocs.io/en/latest/salmon.html) is a tool for wicked-fast transcript quantification from RNA-seq data.
 
@@ -358,4 +350,3 @@ Spliced Transcripts Alignment to a Reference; Read the [Publication](https://www
 * -l: fragment length, user specified as `mean`
 * -s: fragment length SD, user specified as `sd` 
 
-
diff --git a/scripts/labkey_to_snakemake.py b/scripts/labkey_to_snakemake.py
index defefe3d57d86fd7dc2c96f0bb2002b1031127b7..41fbb3e1455a47fb7377805ef602314d0836c46a 100755
--- a/scripts/labkey_to_snakemake.py
+++ b/scripts/labkey_to_snakemake.py
@@ -228,9 +228,13 @@ def main():
         snakemake_table.loc[index, 'soft_clip'] = options.soft_clip
         snakemake_table.loc[index, 'pass_mode'] = options.pass_mode
         snakemake_table.loc[index, 'libtype'] = options.libtype
+
         if options.trim_polya is True:
-            snakemake_table.loc[index, 'fq1_polya'] = trim_polya(
+            fq1_polya_3p, fq1_polya_5p = trim_polya(
                 row[input_dict.loc['mate1_direction', 'labkey']])
+            snakemake_table.loc[index, 'fq1_polya_3p'] = fq1_polya_3p
+            snakemake_table.loc[index, 'fq1_polya_5p'] = fq1_polya_5p
+
         snakemake_table.loc[index, 'kallisto_directionality'] = \
             get_kallisto_directionality(
                 row[input_dict.loc['mate1_direction', 'labkey']])
@@ -247,8 +251,10 @@ def main():
                 input_dict.loc['fq2_5p', 'labkey']]
 
             if options.trim_polya is True:
-                snakemake_table.loc[index, 'fq2_polya'] = trim_polya(
+                fq2_polya_3p, fq2_polya_5p = trim_polya(
                     row[input_dict.loc['mate2_direction', 'labkey']])
+                snakemake_table.loc[index, 'fq2_polya_3p'] = fq2_polya_3p
+                snakemake_table.loc[index, 'fq2_polya_5p'] = fq2_polya_5p
 
     snakemake_table.fillna('XXXXXXXXXXXXX', inplace=True)
     snakemake_table = snakemake_table.astype(
@@ -322,14 +328,15 @@ def get_kallisto_directionality(directionality):
 
 def trim_polya(sense):
     if sense == 'SENSE':
-        polya = 'AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA'
+        polya_3p = 'AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA'
+        polya_5p = 'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX'
     elif sense == 'ANTISENSE':
-        polya = 'TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT'
-    elif sense == 'RANDOM':
-        polya = 'AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA'
+        polya_3p = 'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX'
+        polya_5p = 'TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT'
     else:
-        polya = 'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX'
-    return polya
+        polya_3p = 'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX'
+        polya_5p = 'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX'
+    return polya_3p, polya_5p
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
diff --git a/tests/input_files/samples.tsv b/tests/input_files/samples.tsv
index cc0ec82c5caa7d5b7fa0618e80260bc6f2676b92..d7ff5bba2366cb611105b667a45815b0d9dd3902 100644
--- a/tests/input_files/samples.tsv
+++ b/tests/input_files/samples.tsv
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-sample	seqmode	fq1	index_size	kmer	fq2	fq1_3p	fq1_5p	fq2_3p	fq2_5p	organism	gtf	gtf_filtered	genome	tr_fasta_filtered	sd	mean	multimappers	soft_clip	pass_mode	libtype	kallisto_directionality	fq1_polya	fq2_polya
-synthetic_10_reads_paired_synthetic_10_reads_paired	paired_end	../input_files/project1/synthetic.mate_1.fastq.gz	75	31	../input_files/project1/synthetic.mate_2.fastq.gz	AGATCGGAAGAGCACA	XXXXXXXXXXXXX	AGATCGGAAGAGCGT	XXXXXXXXXXXXX	homo_sapiens	../input_files/homo_sapiens/annotation.gtf	../input_files/homo_sapiens/annotation.gtf	../input_files/homo_sapiens/genome.fa	../input_files/homo_sapiens/transcriptome.fa	100	250	10	EndToEnd	None	A	--fr	AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA	TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
-synthetic_10_reads_mate_1_synthetic_10_reads_mate_1	single_end	../input_files/project2/synthetic.mate_1.fastq.gz	75	31	XXXXXXXXXXXXX	AGATCGGAAGAGCACA	XXXXXXXXXXXXX	XXXXXXXXXXXXX	XXXXXXXXXXXXX	homo_sapiens	../input_files/homo_sapiens/annotation.gtf	../input_files/homo_sapiens/annotation.gtf	../input_files/homo_sapiens/genome.fa	../input_files/homo_sapiens/transcriptome.fa	100	250	10	EndToEnd	None	A	--fr	AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA	XXXXXXXXXXXXX
+sample	seqmode	fq1	index_size	kmer	fq1_3p	fq1_5p	organism	gtf	gtf_filtered	genome	tr_fasta_filtered	sd	mean	multimappers	soft_clip	pass_mode	libtype	fq1_polya_3p	fq1_polya_5p	kallisto_directionality	fq2	fq2_3p	fq2_5p	fq2_polya_3p	fq2_polya_5p
+synthetic_10_reads_paired_synthetic_10_reads_paired	paired_end	../input_files/project1/synthetic.mate_1.fastq.gz	75	31	AGATCGGAAGAGCACA	XXXXXXXXXXXXX	homo_sapiens	../input_files/homo_sapiens/annotation.gtf	../input_files/homo_sapiens/annotation.gtf	../input_files/homo_sapiens/genome.fa	../input_files/homo_sapiens/transcriptome.fa	100	250	10	EndToEnd	None	A	AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA	XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX	--fr	../input_files/project1/synthetic.mate_2.fastq.gz	AGATCGGAAGAGCGT	XXXXXXXXXXXXX	XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX	TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
+synthetic_10_reads_mate_1_synthetic_10_reads_mate_1	single_end	../input_files/project2/synthetic.mate_1.fastq.gz	75	31	AGATCGGAAGAGCACA	XXXXXXXXXXXXX	homo_sapiens	../input_files/homo_sapiens/annotation.gtf	../input_files/homo_sapiens/annotation.gtf	../input_files/homo_sapiens/genome.fa	../input_files/homo_sapiens/transcriptome.fa	100	250	10	EndToEnd	None	A	AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA	XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX	--fr	XXXXXXXXXXXXX	XXXXXXXXXXXXX	XXXXXXXXXXXXX	XXXXXXXXXXXXX	XXXXXXXXXXXXX
diff --git a/tests/test_integration_workflow/expected_output.md5 b/tests/test_integration_workflow/expected_output.md5
index 4f9b8f2ed2a3d3d17fd10324f647086e1336fae4..31cbf6460fa03ea3e0cdc1edd6d132791d44a8ba 100644
--- a/tests/test_integration_workflow/expected_output.md5
+++ b/tests/test_integration_workflow/expected_output.md5
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ ea36f062eedc7f54ceffea2b635a25a8  results/star_indexes/homo_sapiens/75/STAR_inde
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-6180a904511292b0f173794ae98af991  results/samples/synthetic_10_reads_paired_synthetic_10_reads_paired/quant_kallisto/pseudoalignments.bam
+2e77276535976efccb244627231624bf  results/samples/synthetic_10_reads_paired_synthetic_10_reads_paired/quant_kallisto/abundance.tsv
+d013650f813b815a790c9e6a51c7559b  results/samples/synthetic_10_reads_paired_synthetic_10_reads_paired/quant_kallisto/pseudoalignments.bam
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 c77480e0235761f2d7f80dbceb2e2806  results/samples/synthetic_10_reads_paired_synthetic_10_reads_paired/salmon_quant/synthetic_10_reads_paired_synthetic_10_reads_paired/lib_format_counts.json
 989d6ee63b728fced9ec0249735ab83d  results/samples/synthetic_10_reads_paired_synthetic_10_reads_paired/salmon_quant/synthetic_10_reads_paired_synthetic_10_reads_paired/aux_info/ambig_info.tsv
@@ -78,10 +78,10 @@ e72f5d798c99272f8c0166dc77247db1  results/samples/synthetic_10_reads_mate_1_synt
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diff --git a/tests/test_integration_workflow/test.local.sh b/tests/test_integration_workflow/test.local.sh
index ac6e45ec44898fb8204019cc26e3d85faaaecb62..6b641f2923a28beb5937a1668b54b38ae627716b 100755
--- a/tests/test_integration_workflow/test.local.sh
+++ b/tests/test_integration_workflow/test.local.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ cleanup () {
     rm -rf .java/
     rm -rf .snakemake/
     rm -rf logs/
-    rm -rf results/
+    # rm -rf results/
     cd $user_dir
     echo "Exit status: $rc"
 }
diff --git a/tests/test_scripts_labkey_to_snakemake_api/expected_output.md5 b/tests/test_scripts_labkey_to_snakemake_api/expected_output.md5
index 569a4a8d598d09e9a978283e03c2992d16fe42e0..b2a68615ae1fadc89294480c79e20d5db14b8efb 100644
--- a/tests/test_scripts_labkey_to_snakemake_api/expected_output.md5
+++ b/tests/test_scripts_labkey_to_snakemake_api/expected_output.md5
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 b163e7b06bd9e0a71f2fd1fc4935fea9  config.yaml
-cb58e046242c2702038e6e21dbd0bdb4  samples.tsv
+071f0e942321df5e38c8b2d458f7be06  samples.tsv
diff --git a/tests/test_scripts_labkey_to_snakemake_table/expected_output.md5 b/tests/test_scripts_labkey_to_snakemake_table/expected_output.md5
index 569a4a8d598d09e9a978283e03c2992d16fe42e0..b2a68615ae1fadc89294480c79e20d5db14b8efb 100644
--- a/tests/test_scripts_labkey_to_snakemake_table/expected_output.md5
+++ b/tests/test_scripts_labkey_to_snakemake_table/expected_output.md5
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 b163e7b06bd9e0a71f2fd1fc4935fea9  config.yaml
-cb58e046242c2702038e6e21dbd0bdb4  samples.tsv
+071f0e942321df5e38c8b2d458f7be06  samples.tsv
diff --git a/tests/test_scripts_labkey_to_snakemake_table/test.sh b/tests/test_scripts_labkey_to_snakemake_table/test.sh
index 37014eda5e9fb41b564f6e4b78743c09511e5f3c..dd2707e95c8f98156c994440c63b4f15239e53b2 100755
--- a/tests/test_scripts_labkey_to_snakemake_table/test.sh
+++ b/tests/test_scripts_labkey_to_snakemake_table/test.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ cleanup () {
     rm -rf .snakemake/
     rm -rf config.yaml
     rm -rf samples.tsv
+    rm -rf logs
     cd $user_dir
     echo "Exit status: $rc"
 }
diff --git a/workflow/rules/paired_end.snakefile.smk b/workflow/rules/paired_end.snakefile.smk
index 07ae6a342478e351e980051c8917a8003e09e05e..a642c65ba093b4798c03fae59a51c091266728a6 100644
--- a/workflow/rules/paired_end.snakefile.smk
+++ b/workflow/rules/paired_end.snakefile.smk
@@ -143,9 +143,13 @@ rule pe_remove_polya_cutadapt:
 
     params:
         polya_3_mate1 = lambda wildcards:
-            samples_table.loc[wildcards.sample, 'fq1_polya'],
+            samples_table.loc[wildcards.sample, 'fq1_polya_3p'],
+        polya_5_mate1 = lambda wildcards:
+            samples_table.loc[wildcards.sample, 'fq1_polya_5p'],
         polya_3_mate2 = lambda wildcards:
-            samples_table.loc[wildcards.sample, 'fq2_polya']
+            samples_table.loc[wildcards.sample, 'fq2_polya_3p'],
+        polya_5_mate2 = lambda wildcards:
+            samples_table.loc[wildcards.sample, 'fq2_polya_5p']
 
     singularity:
         "docker://zavolab/cutadapt:1.16-slim"
@@ -173,7 +177,9 @@ rule pe_remove_polya_cutadapt:
         -e 0.1 \
         -O 1 \
         -a {params.polya_3_mate1} \
+        -g {params.polya_5_mate1} \
         -A {params.polya_3_mate2} \
+        -G {params.polya_5_mate2} \
         -o {output.reads1} \
         -p {output.reads2} \
         {input.reads1} \
diff --git a/workflow/rules/single_end.snakefile.smk b/workflow/rules/single_end.snakefile.smk
index b22e58771a95427045aaf5e5091b7811ab9d195c..d0b844544718f3df3d02e2343ae7518257741bd3 100644
--- a/workflow/rules/single_end.snakefile.smk
+++ b/workflow/rules/single_end.snakefile.smk
@@ -108,7 +108,9 @@ rule remove_polya_cutadapt:
 
     params:
         polya_3 = lambda wildcards:
-            samples_table.loc[wildcards.sample, "fq1_polya"]
+            samples_table.loc[wildcards.sample, "fq1_polya_3p"],
+        polya_5 = lambda wildcards:
+            samples_table.loc[wildcards.sample, "fq1_polya_5p"]
 
     singularity:
         "docker://zavolab/cutadapt:1.16-slim"
@@ -135,6 +137,7 @@ rule remove_polya_cutadapt:
         -O 1 \
         -m 10  \
         -a {params.polya_3} \
+        -g {params.polya_5} \
         -o {output.reads} \
         {input.reads};) \
         1> {log.stdout} 2> {log.stderr}"