diff --git a/workflow/rules/meta_comparisons.smk b/workflow/rules/meta_comparisons.smk
index 999b1211..a17d7fc9 100644
--- a/workflow/rules/meta_comparisons.smk
+++ b/workflow/rules/meta_comparisons.smk
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ rule meta_compare_diffexp:
         expand(
             "results/sleuth/diffexp/{model}.genes-representative.diffexp.rds",
             model=lookup(
-                dpath="meta_comparisons/comparisons/{meta_comp}/items/*/*",
+                dpath="meta_comparisons/comparisons/{meta_comp}/items/*",
                 within=config,
             ),
         ),
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ rule meta_compare_diffexp:
         notebook="logs/meta_compare_diffexp/{meta_comp}.ipynb",
     params:
         labels=lookup(
-            dpath="meta_comparisons/comparisons/{meta_comp}/items/*",
+            dpath="meta_comparisons/comparisons/{meta_comp}/items",
             within=config,
         ),
     conda:
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ rule meta_compare_enrichment:
         expand(
             "results/tables/go_terms/{model}.go_term_enrichment.gene_fdr_{gene_fdr}.go_term_sig_study_fdr_{go_term_fdr}.tsv",
             model=lookup(
-                dpath="meta_comparisons/comparisons/{meta_comp}/items/*/*",
+                dpath="meta_comparisons/comparisons/{meta_comp}/items/*",
                 within=config,
             ),
             gene_fdr=str(config["enrichment"]["goatools"]["fdr_genes"]).replace(
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ rule meta_compare_enrichment:
         notebook="logs/meta_compare_enrichment/{meta_comp}.ipynb",
     params:
         labels=lookup(
-            dpath="meta_comparisons/comparisons/{meta_comp}/items/*",
+            dpath="meta_comparisons/comparisons/{meta_comp}/items",
             within=config,
         ),
     conda:
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ rule meta_compare_pathways:
         expand(
             "results/tables/pathways/{model}.pathways.tsv",
             model=lookup(
-                dpath="meta_comparisons/comparisons/{meta_comp}/items/*/*",
+                dpath="meta_comparisons/comparisons/{meta_comp}/items/*",
                 within=config,
             ),
         ),
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ rule meta_compare_pathways:
         notebook="logs/meta_compare_pathways/{meta_comp}.ipynb",
     params:
         labels=lookup(
-            dpath="meta_comparisons/comparisons/{meta_comp}/items/*",
+            dpath="meta_comparisons/comparisons/{meta_comp}/items",
             within=config,
         ),
     conda: