diff --git a/submit_bcbio_trio_wes.sh b/submit_bcbio_trio_wes.sh
index 984e80df6cbbc74496d43e04ee93ee0622569934..9fd1274f5dc57881732c7c6b9068ccb4df271b77 100755
--- a/submit_bcbio_trio_wes.sh
+++ b/submit_bcbio_trio_wes.sh
@@ -41,8 +41,11 @@ then
 
   # fix VCF output file names
   cd $OUTPUT_DIR/${DATE}_${PROJECT_ID}_${FAMILY_ID}
-  mv ${PROJECT_ID}${FAMILY_ID}-gatk-haplotype-annotated.vcf.gz ${PROJECT_ID}_${FAMILY_ID}-gatk-haplotype-annotated.vcf.gz
-  mv ${PROJECT_ID}${FAMILY_ID}-gatk-haplotype-annotated.vcf.gz.tbi ${PROJECT_ID}_${FAMILY_ID}-gatk-haplotype-annotated.vcf.gz.tbi
+  if [ -e ${PROJECT_ID}${FAMILY_ID}-gatk-haplotype-annotated.vcf.gz ]
+  then
+    mv ${PROJECT_ID}${FAMILY_ID}-gatk-haplotype-annotated.vcf.gz ${PROJECT_ID}_${FAMILY_ID}-gatk-haplotype-annotated.vcf.gz
+    mv ${PROJECT_ID}${FAMILY_ID}-gatk-haplotype-annotated.vcf.gz.tbi ${PROJECT_ID}_${FAMILY_ID}-gatk-haplotype-annotated.vcf.gz.tbi
+  fi
 
 else
   echo $OUTPUT_DIR/${DATE}_${PROJECT_ID}_${FAMILY_ID} does not exist.