diff --git a/tests/test_mRNA.py b/tests/test_mRNA.py
index a8d01b899..e884aa72e 100644
--- a/tests/test_mRNA.py
+++ b/tests/test_mRNA.py
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ def createTestData(fp):
     extract_gz(gtfgz, gtfout)
     # Path to STAR index (created in action)
     STARpath = Path('tests') / 'data' / 'mRNA_STAR'
-    STARpath = p.resolve()
-    
+    STARpath = STARpath.resolve()
+
     orgyaml = {
       "genome_size": 94987271 , #we can also extract genome size from STARindex output
       "genome_fasta": faout.as_posix(),