diff --git a/bioconda.wdl b/bioconda.wdl
index f8c14e7a17eb0d86a0988c8b0288ee0206163cbc..0600ff72d79dc27065fbdb7b6e4db1950e37e710 100644
--- a/bioconda.wdl
+++ b/bioconda.wdl
@@ -20,5 +20,6 @@ task installPrefix {
     }
     output {
         File condaEnvPath=prefix
+        File condaJson=stdout()
     }
  }
diff --git a/cutadapt.wdl b/cutadapt.wdl
index 7e4404118efdff90049532b86f8324d97dbb29ed..88959a74358cf158626ab3828949bce8e47cd834 100644
--- a/cutadapt.wdl
+++ b/cutadapt.wdl
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ task cutadapt {
         ${read1} ${read2}
     }
     output{
-        File report = file(stdout())
+        File report = stdout()
         File cutRead1 = read1output
         File? cutRead2 = read2output
         File? tooLongOutput=tooLongOutputPath
diff --git a/fastqc.wdl b/fastqc.wdl
index 65b9509b92488d7b36d8ff162937392bb14121d9..a19d45ccd20433a5fdcc8f7324ef34fba1df32d8 100644
--- a/fastqc.wdl
+++ b/fastqc.wdl
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ task fastqc {
     }
 
     output {
-        String reportDir = outdirPath + "/" + sub(basename(seqFile),"\..*$","_fastqc")
+        String reportDir = outdirPath + "/" + sub(basename(seqFile), "..*$", "_fastqc")
         File rawReport = reportDir + "/fastqc_data.txt"
         File htmlReport = reportDir + "fastqc_report.html"
         File summary = reportDir + "/summary.txt"