diff --git a/snakecnv/svsnakemake_utils.py b/snakecnv/svsnakemake_utils.py
index b3421ea39b876371ad4ac6e9945075f97ba66ff6..d44a7f6e8fa22e87c8f8040e90cf1f9689be6ffb 100644
--- a/snakecnv/svsnakemake_utils.py
+++ b/snakecnv/svsnakemake_utils.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class SnakemakeUtils:
     def get_pindel_chr_batches(self, wildcards):
         inputs = []
         for batch in self.chr_batches[wildcards.chrom]:
-            inputs.append("{batch}/pindel/{chrbatch}/pindel_{chrom}_{svtype}.gz".format(
+            inputs.append("{batch}/pindel/{chrom}/{chrbatch}/pindel_{chrom}_{svtype}.gz".format(
                 batch=wildcards.batch, chrom=wildcards.chrom, chrbatch="-".join(map(str, batch)),
                 svtype=wildcards.svtype
             ))
diff --git a/snakecnv/tools/pindel.snk b/snakecnv/tools/pindel.snk
index 0363803d6d6fb31828be493dd033111d9a714ee3..b15594e9170f509b6ed92ea81cbf04583598ad61 100644
--- a/snakecnv/tools/pindel.snk
+++ b/snakecnv/tools/pindel.snk
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ rule pindel:
         genome = REFERENCE,
         fai = REFERENCE + ".fai"
     output:
-        "{batch}/pindel/{chrbatch}/pindel_{chrom}_D.gz",
-        "{batch}/pindel/{chrbatch}/pindel_{chrom}_INV.gz",
-        "{batch}/pindel/{chrbatch}/pindel_{chrom}_TD.gz",
+        "{batch}/pindel/{chrom}/{chrbatch}/pindel_{chrom}_D.gz",
+        "{batch}/pindel/{chrom}/{chrbatch}/pindel_{chrom}_INV.gz",
+        "{batch}/pindel/{chrom}/{chrbatch}/pindel_{chrom}_TD.gz",
     threads:
         get_threads("pindel", 4)
     log:
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ rule pindel:
         """
         for svtype in D TD INV RP SI LI BP CloseEndMapped INT_final;
         do
-        gzip -f {wildcards.batch}/pindel/{wildcards.chrbatch}/pindel_{wildcards.chrom}_${{svtype}}
+        gzip -f {wildcards.batch}/pindel/{wildcards.chrom}/{wildcards.chrbatch}/pindel_{wildcards.chrom}_${{svtype}}
         done
         """
 
@@ -65,4 +65,5 @@ rule mergepindelbatches:
     threads:
         1
     shell:
-        "mergepindelbatches.py {output} {input} 1>{log.stdout} 2>{log.stderr}"
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+        "mergepindelbatches.py {output} {input} 1>{log.stdout} 2>{log.stderr}; "
+        "rm -rf {wildcards.batch}/pindel/{wildcards.chrom}"
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