diff --git a/misc-scripts/xref_mapping/XrefMapper/BasicMapper.pm b/misc-scripts/xref_mapping/XrefMapper/BasicMapper.pm
index 05021ac0ed2e7b915fc21bf331eef909261ce3c3..357f2ef0b9cda495665d9af1dac3a87f4ff0e502 100644
--- a/misc-scripts/xref_mapping/XrefMapper/BasicMapper.pm
+++ b/misc-scripts/xref_mapping/XrefMapper/BasicMapper.pm
@@ -825,7 +825,7 @@ sub get_ensembl_object_type {
 
     $type = "Transcript";
 
-  } elsif ($filename =~ /_prot_/i) {
+  } elsif ($filename =~ /_peptide_/i) {
 
     $type = "Translation";
 
diff --git a/misc-scripts/xref_mapping/XrefMapper/Methods/ExonerateBasic.pm b/misc-scripts/xref_mapping/XrefMapper/Methods/ExonerateBasic.pm
index b2e5d7025126257f17e3335978b6a192057de93a..f7b68f4f88814b124f8cb9c6a4b9d5fdc6ec7323 100644
--- a/misc-scripts/xref_mapping/XrefMapper/Methods/ExonerateBasic.pm
+++ b/misc-scripts/xref_mapping/XrefMapper/Methods/ExonerateBasic.pm
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ sub submit_exonerate {
   my $prefix = $root_dir . "/" . basename($query);
   $prefix =~ s/\.\w+$//;
 
-  my ($ensembl_type) = $prefix =~ /.*_(dna|prot)$/; # dna or prot
+  my ($ensembl_type) = $prefix =~ /.*_(dna|peptide)$/; # dna or prot
 
   my $output = $self->get_class_name() . "_" . $ensembl_type . "_" . "\$LSB_JOBINDEX.map";