diff --git a/gga_init.py b/gga_init.py
index a4fdb0139b9f593f887c1def9e8690e61b6fd7e8..5584b5d6d08830ca18e3b9e98fb31dd1ab08a0ef 100755
--- a/gga_init.py
+++ b/gga_init.py
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ class DeploySpeciesStack(speciesData.SpeciesData):
 
         input_vars = {"genus": self.genus_lowercase, "Genus": self.genus_uppercase, "species": self.species,
                         "genus_species": self.genus_species, "genus_species_strain_sex": self.species_folder_name,
-                        "genus_species_sex": "{0}_{1}_{2}".format(self.genus_lowercase, self.species_lower(), self.sex),
+                        "genus_species_sex": "{0}_{1}_{2}".format(self.genus_lowercase, self.species_lower, self.sex),
                         "strain": self.strain, "sex": self.sex, "Genus_species": "{0} {1}".format(self.genus_uppercase, self.species_lower()),
                         "blast": self.blast, "go": self.go, "picture_path": self.picture_path}
         if (len(self.config.keys()) == 0):