diff --git a/bin/getFastqFromSraPaired b/bin/getFastqFromSraPaired
index ad8cb5b..b09a1e1 100755
--- a/bin/getFastqFromSraPaired
+++ b/bin/getFastqFromSraPaired
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ if [ ! -f "./${runId}.sra" ] ; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
-fastq-dump -B -I --split-files ./${runId}.sra
+fastq-dump -B --defline-seq '@$si/$ri' --defline-qual '+' --split-files ./${runId}.sra
 
 if [ ! -f "${runId}_1.fastq" -o ! -f "${runId}_2.fastq" ] ; then
   echo "fastq-dump didn't work as expected? ${runId}_{1,2}.fastq expected"
diff --git a/bin/getFastqFromSraSingle b/bin/getFastqFromSraSingle
index 5f7b510..f87f944 100755
--- a/bin/getFastqFromSraSingle
+++ b/bin/getFastqFromSraSingle
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ if [ ! -f "./${runId}.sra" ] ; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
-fastq-dump -B -I --split-spot --skip-technical ./${runId}.sra
+fastq-dump -B --defline-seq '@$si' --defline-qual '+'  --split-spot --skip-technical ./${runId}.sra
 
 if [ ! -f "${runId}.fastq" ] ; then
   echo "fastq-dump didn't work as expected? ${runId}.fastq expected"