diff --git a/gga_get_data.py b/gga_get_data.py
index 8bc092de24dbcbef9d5a5725637fdeae2841d719..80c6e379027569b2c68e85cb06e17fc29c4fedfa 100755
--- a/gga_get_data.py
+++ b/gga_get_data.py
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 
     parser.add_argument("-v", "--verbose",
                         help="Increase output verbosity",
-                        action="store_false")
+                        action="store_true")
 
     parser.add_argument("--main-directory",
                         type=str,
diff --git a/gga_load_data.py b/gga_load_data.py
index c4ed5594a9d3d173bd11d4ee4918a1152cd6a5ca..6cc4b65e70e7c03df7beb96d013095b6b69c367c 100755
--- a/gga_load_data.py
+++ b/gga_load_data.py
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 
     parser.add_argument("-v", "--verbose",
                         help="Increase output verbosity",
-                        action="store_false")
+                        action="store_true")
 
     parser.add_argument("--config",
                         type=str,
diff --git a/speciesData.py b/speciesData.py
index 2d0ce2157495e15af853053e602ce674b299a68d..f2b97026d4d929a39e21c79b31058f498f253622 100755
--- a/speciesData.py
+++ b/speciesData.py
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ class SpeciesData:
         self.api_key = None  # API key used to communicate with the galaxy instance. Cannot be used to do user-tied actions
         self.datasets = dict()
         self.config = None  # Custom config used to set environment variables inside containers
-        self.species_folder_name = "_".join(utilities.filter_empty_not_empty_items([self.genus_lowercase.lower(), self.species.lower(), self.strain.lower(), self.sex.lower()])["not_empty"])
+        self.species_folder_name = "_".join(utilities.filter_empty_not_empty_items(
+            [self.genus_lowercase.lower(), self.species.lower(), self.strain.lower(),
+             self.sex.lower()])["not_empty"])
         self.existing_folders_cache = {}
         self.bam_metadata_cache = {}