diff --git a/modules/nf-core/fastqscreen/fastqscreen/main.nf b/modules/nf-core/fastqscreen/fastqscreen/main.nf
index eab5afb..5037db6 100644
--- a/modules/nf-core/fastqscreen/fastqscreen/main.nf
+++ b/modules/nf-core/fastqscreen/fastqscreen/main.nf
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ process FASTQSCREEN_FASTQSCREEN {
         'community.wave.seqera.io/library/fastq-screen_perl-gdgraph:5c1786a5d5bc1309'}"
 
     input:
-    tuple val(meta), path(reads)  // .fastq files
-    tuple val(meta2), path(database) // [[database_name,  database_notes], database_path]
+    // NOTE for meta 2 and database [[database_name,  database_notes], database_path]
+    tuple val(meta), path(reads), val(meta2), path(database)
 
     output:
     tuple val(meta), path("*.txt")     , emit: txt
diff --git a/workflows/seqinspector.nf b/workflows/seqinspector.nf
index ad6dc2c..75ea2d6 100644
--- a/workflows/seqinspector.nf
+++ b/workflows/seqinspector.nf
@@ -51,8 +51,7 @@ workflow SEQINSPECTOR {
         .fromList(samplesheetToList(ch_databasesheet, "${projectDir}/assets/schema_database.json"))
 
     FASTQSCREEN_FASTQSCREEN (
-        ch_samplesheet,
-        ch_databases,
+        ch_samplesheet.combine(ch_databases)
     )
     ch_multiqc_files = ch_multiqc_files.mix(FASTQSCREEN_FASTQSCREEN.out.txt)
     ch_versions = ch_versions.mix(FASTQSCREEN_FASTQSCREEN.out.versions.first())