diff --git a/generate-indexes/src/main/scala/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/pipelines/generateindexes/GenerateIndexes.scala b/generate-indexes/src/main/scala/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/pipelines/generateindexes/GenerateIndexes.scala
index 4acca6b838e3641f099f8d52c3fced33116a8687..f4a0e0406b753feeddcf177ab4e6cbde2ca89719 100644
--- a/generate-indexes/src/main/scala/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/pipelines/generateindexes/GenerateIndexes.scala
+++ b/generate-indexes/src/main/scala/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/pipelines/generateindexes/GenerateIndexes.scala
@@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ class GenerateIndexes(val root: Configurable) extends QScript with BiopetQScript
         starIndex.outputDir = starDir
         starIndex.reference = createLinks(starDir)
         starIndex.runmode = "genomeGenerate"
+        starIndex.sjdbGTFfile = gtfFile
         add(starIndex)
         configDeps :+= starIndex.jobOutputFile
         outputConfig += "star" -> Map(