diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2d45709d..ff13f813 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
 
 ### Fixed
 
+* Missing `strip-components` in `download-references.nf/star-fusion` [#148](https://github.com/nf-core/rnafusion/issues/148)
 * Missing version prefix for cdna [#143](https://github.com/nf-core/rnafusion/issues/143)
 * `samtools` missing header in empty file for FusionInspector [ref](https://github.com/STAR-Fusion/STAR-Fusion/issues/191)
 * Removed `profile` from helper scripts [#139](https://github.com/nf-core/rnafusion/issues/139)
diff --git a/download-references.nf b/download-references.nf
index f6509338..c9545338 100644
--- a/download-references.nf
+++ b/download-references.nf
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ process download_star_fusion {
     script:
     """
     aws s3 --no-sign-request --region ${params.awsregion} cp s3://ngi-igenomes/Homo_sapiens/Ensembl/GRCh38/Genome/CTAT/ctat_star_fusion_1_8_1.tar.gz .
-    tar -xf ctat_star_fusion_1_8_1.tar.gz
+    tar -xf ctat_star_fusion_1_8_1.tar.gz --strip-components=5
     rm ctat_star_fusion_1_8_1.tar.gz
     """
 }