diff --git a/perl/indelCaller_step1.pl b/perl/indelCaller_step1.pl
index 7c1dc67..bff32b6 100755
--- a/perl/indelCaller_step1.pl
+++ b/perl/indelCaller_step1.pl
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
   next if($bulk_fwd + $bulk_rev < $bulk_min_cov); # Bulk minimum coverage
   next if($dplxCLIP > $max_clip);
   next if($dplxNM > 20); # made very liberal to allow long indels. Check the impact!
-  next if($dplxASXS < $min_asxs | $bulkASXS < $min_asxs ); #fa8: fixed bug, we needed to check AS-XS for the bulk too
+  next if($dplxASXS < $min_asxs || $bulkASXS < $min_asxs ); #fa8: fixed bug, we needed to check AS-XS for the bulk too
 
   if($r1 >= $min_size_subfam && $r2 >= $min_size_subfam) {
     my $bulktotal = $bulkForwardTotal+$bulkReverseTotal;