diff --git a/modules/picard/sortsam/main.nf b/modules/picard/sortsam/main.nf
index dc2a8136..2af28496 100644
--- a/modules/picard/sortsam/main.nf
+++ b/modules/picard/sortsam/main.nf
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ process PICARD_SORTSAM {
     val sort_order
 
     output:
-    tuple val(meta), path("*.sorted.bam"), emit: bam
+    tuple val(meta), path("*.bam"), emit: bam
     path "*.version.txt"                 , emit: version
 
     script:
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ process PICARD_SORTSAM {
         SortSam \\
         -Xmx${avail_mem}g \\
         --INPUT $bam \\
-        --OUTPUT ${prefix}.sorted.bam \\
+        --OUTPUT ${prefix}.bam \\
         --SORT_ORDER $sort_order
 
     echo \$(picard SortSam --version 2>&1) | grep -o 'Version:.*' | cut -f2- -d: > ${software}.version.txt
diff --git a/tests/modules/picard/sortsam/main.nf b/tests/modules/picard/sortsam/main.nf
index 71ae75d6..0130fad6 100644
--- a/tests/modules/picard/sortsam/main.nf
+++ b/tests/modules/picard/sortsam/main.nf
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 nextflow.enable.dsl = 2
 
-include { PICARD_SORTSAM } from '../../../../modules/picard/sortsam/main.nf' addParams( options: [:] )
+include { PICARD_SORTSAM } from '../../../../modules/picard/sortsam/main.nf'  addParams( options: [suffix:'.sorted'] )
 
 workflow test_picard_sortsam {