diff --git a/readFastaSequences.m b/readFastaSequences.m
index d5a64c4..db96b4b 100644
--- a/readFastaSequences.m
+++ b/readFastaSequences.m
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@
 fasta.title=[txt,',  read: ', date];
 % Read Sequences and their FASTA legends
 fid=fopen(txt,'r');
-ofid=fopen(strcat(outputFolder, '/omittedFastaIds.txt'), 'a'); 
-fprintf(ofid, '----%s---%s----\n\n', fprintf('%s',datetime('now')), txt);
+ofid=fopen(strcat(outputFolder, '/omittedFastaIds.txt'), 'a');
+fprintf(ofid, '----%s---%s----\n\n', char(datetime), txt);
 lengths = [];
 while i < givenNSeqs % feof(fid)==0
     lineRead=fgetl(fid);