diff --git a/Snakemake/1000RNASeq_chicken/calling/Snakefile_calling b/Snakemake/1000RNASeq_chicken/calling/Snakefile_calling
index 2c5909534c923c98247cb099f0163d251f0117a8..7e8e72a3115882c43a2ee77482c6c6e263f71873 100644
--- a/Snakemake/1000RNASeq_chicken/calling/Snakefile_calling
+++ b/Snakemake/1000RNASeq_chicken/calling/Snakefile_calling
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ if "bin_dir" in config:
     os.environ['PATH'] = config["bin_dir"] + os.pathsep + os.environ['PATH']
 
 # sample config
-table = pd.read_table(config["sample_config"], dtype=str)
+table = pd.read_csv(config["sample_config"], dtype=str,sep='\t')
 
 available_PL=["ILLUMINA","SLX","SOLEXA","SOLID","454","LS454","COMPLETE","PACBIO","IONTORRENT","CAPILLARY","HELICOS","UNKNOWN"]
 sequencer=table.sequencer.unique()