diff --git a/public/gears/src/main/scala/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/pipelines/gears/GearsQiimeRtax.scala b/public/gears/src/main/scala/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/pipelines/gears/GearsQiimeRtax.scala
index 04673c8ecedafed8c78e0a20c22ac4daf8295c50..f50a38a8652c4f14f26a62eb3f4a55f6a0cce9f9 100644
--- a/public/gears/src/main/scala/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/pipelines/gears/GearsQiimeRtax.scala
+++ b/public/gears/src/main/scala/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/pipelines/gears/GearsQiimeRtax.scala
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ class GearsQiimeRtax(val root: Configurable) extends QScript with BiopetQScript
     ),
     "splitlibrariesfastq" -> Map(
       "barcode_type" -> "not-barcoded"
+    ),
+    "assigntaxonomy" -> Map(
+      "amplicon_id_regex" -> """(\S+)\s+(\S+?)""",
+      "header_id_regex" -> """S+s+(S+?)""",
+      "read_id_regex" -> """S+s+(S+)"""
     )
   )