diff --git a/nextseq_app/views.py b/nextseq_app/views.py
index aa723128..97fe4a5b 100644
--- a/nextseq_app/views.py
+++ b/nextseq_app/views.py
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ def RunCreateView6(request):
             return render(request, 'nextseq_app/runandsamplesbulkadd.html', context)
 
         for ke in i7index_list.keys():
-            if runinfo.experiment_type == "TA":
+            if runinfo.experiment_type in ["TA","TR"]:
                 duplicate = IndexValidation2(
                     i7index_list[ke], i5index_list[ke])
             else: