diff --git a/workflow/rules/paired_end.snakefile.smk b/workflow/rules/paired_end.snakefile.smk
index d49d55f8eab0fa98ff58c7f28880a72fd9559550..f7326c3d4beb697cee7388ebbcad26489a9269c6 100644
--- a/workflow/rules/paired_end.snakefile.smk
+++ b/workflow/rules/paired_end.snakefile.smk
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ rule pe_fastqc:
     threads: 2
 
     singularity:
-        "docker://zavolab/fastqc:0.11.9"
+        "docker://zavolab/fastqc:0.11.9-slim"
 
     log:
         stderr = os.path.join(
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ rule pe_remove_adapters_cutadapt:
         -o {output.reads1} \
         -p {output.reads2} \
         {input.reads1} \
-        {input.reads2}); \
+        {input.reads2};) \
         1> {log.stdout} 2>{log.stderr}"
 
 
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ rule pe_remove_polya_cutadapt:
             config["log_dir"],
             "paired_end",
             "{sample}",
-            "remove_adapters_cutadapt.stdout.log")
+            "remove_polya_cutadapt.stdout.log")
 
     shell:
         "(cutadapt \
diff --git a/workflow/rules/single_end.snakefile.smk b/workflow/rules/single_end.snakefile.smk
index 3857baab0b42f77b349802b40e2e7370cc0283c4..415634d037d816603e171f038b9286d82c07add6 100644
--- a/workflow/rules/single_end.snakefile.smk
+++ b/workflow/rules/single_end.snakefile.smk
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ rule remove_polya_cutadapt:
         -m 10  \
         -a {params.polya_3} \
         -o {output.reads} \
-        {input.reads}); \
+        {input.reads};) \
         1> {log.stdout} 2> {log.stderr}"