diff --git a/workflow/Snakefile b/workflow/Snakefile
index 6923293f8e0e3d62c98b5b8f7bf25fd5b1ab4342..f702c7e50ab5bb0abc89908cc10825e57b16b0c8 100644
--- a/workflow/Snakefile
+++ b/workflow/Snakefile
@@ -707,7 +707,7 @@ rule sort_genomic_alignment_samtools:
     shell:
         "(samtools sort \
         -o {output.bam} \
-        -T {params.prefix_temp_dir} \
+        -T {output.prefix_temp_dir} \
         -@ {threads} \
         {params.additional_params} \
         {input.bam}) \