diff --git a/misc-scripts/xref_mapping/xref_mapper.pl b/misc-scripts/xref_mapping/xref_mapper.pl
index 9570754164255cd20f14961ae7250cfb5d674ec1..be890517c9057ea584743e2b450da546d937de4d 100644
--- a/misc-scripts/xref_mapping/xref_mapper.pl
+++ b/misc-scripts/xref_mapping/xref_mapper.pl
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ if(defined($new)){ #save last one
 
 for my $species ( @all_species ) {
   $species->dump_seqs($xref);
-  $species->run_matching();
+  $species->run_matching($xref);
   $species->store();
 }