diff --git a/orthofinder/scripts/files.py b/orthofinder/scripts/files.py
index 06ef1d79e900b684272b47f71053984ad09b79f1..2604b7e2562d19cf59436a8a5261b2b779b53602 100644
--- a/orthofinder/scripts/files.py
+++ b/orthofinder/scripts/files.py
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ class PreviousFilesLocator_new(PreviousFilesLocator):
         PreviousFilesLocator.__init__(self)
         if not continuationDir.endswith("/"): continuationDir += "/"
         self.home_for_results = continuationDir + "../"
-        if (options.qStartFromFasta and not ( options.qStartFromBlast or options.qNormalize ):
+        if (options.qStartFromFasta and not ( options.qStartFromBlast or options.qNormalize )):
             # there are no files to find
             return
         if not self._IsNewDirStructure(continuationDir): raise Unprocessable("Input directory structure is not processable as new structure")