diff --git a/public/biopet-framework/src/main/scala/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/extensions/igvtools/IGVToolsCount.scala b/public/biopet-framework/src/main/scala/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/extensions/igvtools/IGVToolsCount.scala
index 624d1f3c4f5045eb8910f6c799f36cc8f6f90667..b62c852f9f40578131d734d206531e77236fb595 100644
--- a/public/biopet-framework/src/main/scala/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/extensions/igvtools/IGVToolsCount.scala
+++ b/public/biopet-framework/src/main/scala/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/extensions/igvtools/IGVToolsCount.scala
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ class IGVToolsCount(val root: Configurable) extends IGVTools {
 
   override def beforeGraph {
     super.beforeGraph
-    if (!input.exists()) throw new FileNotFoundException("Input bam is required for IGVToolsCount")
 
     wig.foreach(x => if (!x.getAbsolutePath.endsWith(".wig"))
       throw new IllegalArgumentException("WIG file should have a .wig file-extension"))