diff --git a/default_protocol/pipelines/demux_map/rules/map.smk b/default_protocol/pipelines/demux_map/rules/map.smk
index 266a9774..a8e114b9 100644
--- a/default_protocol/pipelines/demux_map/rules/map.smk
+++ b/default_protocol/pipelines/demux_map/rules/map.smk
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ rule minimap2:
         fastq= config["input_path"] + "/{filename_stem}.fastq",
         ref= config["references_file"]
     output:
-        config["output_path"] + "/temp/{filename_stem}.paf"
+        temp(config["output_path"] + "/temp/{filename_stem}.paf")
     shell:
         """
         minimap2 -x map-ont \