diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9700a3c..c83317b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ pririta_scripts/*
 example_data/*
 dockervol/*
 renseq_pipeline_documentation.pdf
+renseqdata.tar.gz
diff --git a/scripts/runRenSeq.sh b/scripts/runRenSeq.sh
index 6f7003c..6ac9f9c 100755
--- a/scripts/runRenSeq.sh
+++ b/scripts/runRenSeq.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 nproc=2
 genomesize=7000000
 
-PARSED=`getopt --options t:g: --longoptions --genomesize --threads --name "$0" -- "$@"`
+PARSED=`getopt -o t:g: --long genomesize,threads -n "$0" -- "$@"`
 eval set -- "$PARSED"
 
 while true; do