diff --git a/scripts/cellranger.py b/scripts/cellranger.py
index baee060..5168cd5 100644
--- a/scripts/cellranger.py
+++ b/scripts/cellranger.py
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ def create_library_csv_file(ge_sample_path, atac_sample_path, sample_ID):
 
 def get_sequencer_runID(fastq_path):
     runID = fastq_path.split("/")[4]
+    runID = "_".join(runID.split("_")[0:3])
     sequencer = runID.split("_")[0].lower()
     return sequencer, runID