diff --git a/nextflow.config b/nextflow.config
index 133a7286..8a71d8fa 100644
--- a/nextflow.config
+++ b/nextflow.config
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 outputDir = 'results'
 params {
     input = null
-    outputDir = "${outputDir}"
+    outputDir = 'results' //"${outputDir}"
     tracedir = "${params.outputDir}/pipeline_info"
     genome = null // must be listed in conf/genomes.config
 
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ params {
     deeptools_smooth_length = 75
     deeptools_corr_method = "spearman" // correlation method for deeptools plotCorrelation: spearman or pearson
     deeptools_normalize_using = "RPGC" // set this to "None" if using a spike-in control
-    deeptools_normalize_samples = deeptools_normalize_using
+    deeptools_normalize_samples = params.deeptools_normalize_using
     deeptools_normalize_input = "RPGC" // this is separate from the above, only for input samples
     deeptools_excluded_chroms = "chrM chrX chrY"