diff --git a/public/biopet-extensions/src/main/scala/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/extensions/Cutadapt.scala b/public/biopet-extensions/src/main/scala/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/extensions/Cutadapt.scala
index 91037fa4e7b969ca91d48d70450b37eb00a01c49..80743e00d167dd7a37ae9ec5d208cf0a83c7be97 100644
--- a/public/biopet-extensions/src/main/scala/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/extensions/Cutadapt.scala
+++ b/public/biopet-extensions/src/main/scala/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/extensions/Cutadapt.scala
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ class Cutadapt(val root: Configurable) extends BiopetCommandLineFunction with Su
   var trimPrimer: Boolean = config("trim_primer", default = false)
   var stripF3: Boolean = config("strip_f3", default = false)
   var maq: Boolean = config("maq", default = false)
-  var bwa: Boolean = config("bwa", default = false)
+  var bwa: Boolean = config("bwa", default = false, freeVar = false)
   var noZeroCap: Boolean = config("no_zero_cap", default = false)
   var zeroCap: Boolean = config("zero_cap", default = false)