diff --git a/speciesData.py b/speciesData.py
index 252c37db6d19014af9437f557a0ab7d81ae3c676..6ee1b798466d6effa27d25ccb82f2aaf2c4931c2 100755
--- a/speciesData.py
+++ b/speciesData.py
@@ -47,12 +47,12 @@ class SpeciesData:
         else:
             return string
 
-    def set_service_attribute(self, attribute, service, parameters_dictionary):
+    def set_service_attribute(self, service, parameters_dictionary):
         parameters_dictionary_services = parameters_dictionary[constants.ORG_PARAM_SERVICES]
         if(service in parameters_dictionary_services.keys()):
-            attribute = parameters_dictionary_services[service]
+            return parameters_dictionary_services[service]
         else:
-            attribute = "0"
+            return "0"
 
     def __init__(self, parameters_dictionary):
         self.parameters_dictionary = parameters_dictionary
@@ -91,8 +91,8 @@ class SpeciesData:
         self.blastx_path = parameters_dictionary_data[constants.ORG_PARAM_DATA_BLASTX_PATH]
         self.orthofinder_path = parameters_dictionary_data[constants.ORG_PARAM_DATA_ORTHOFINDER_PATH]
 
-        self.set_service_attribute(self.blast, constants.ORG_PARAM_SERVICES_BLAST, parameters_dictionary)
-        self.set_service_attribute(self.go, constants.ORG_PARAM_SERVICES_GO, parameters_dictionary)
+        self.blast = set_service_attribute(constants.ORG_PARAM_SERVICES_BLAST, parameters_dictionary)
+        self.go = set_service_attribute(constants.ORG_PARAM_SERVICES_GO, parameters_dictionary)
 
         self.genus_lowercase = self.genus.lower()
         self.species_lower = self.species.lower()