diff --git a/src/busco/busco/config.vsh.yaml b/src/busco/busco/config.vsh.yaml
index 2e9740cf..625bf0b3 100644
--- a/src/busco/busco/config.vsh.yaml
+++ b/src/busco/busco/config.vsh.yaml
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ functionality:
           required: true
           description: |
             Specify which BUSCO analysis mode to run. There are three valid modes:
-            
+
               - geno or genome, for genome assemblies (DNA)
               - tran or transcriptome, for transcriptome assemblies (DNA)
-              - prot or proteins, for annotated gene sets (protein)
+              - prot or protein, for annotated gene sets (protein)
           example: protein
         - name: --lineage_dataset
           alternatives: ["-l"]
diff --git a/src/busco/busco/test.sh b/src/busco/busco/test.sh
index 1d6ce29f..a5f1546d 100644
--- a/src/busco/busco/test.sh
+++ b/src/busco/busco/test.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ echo "> Running busco"
 
 "$meta_executable" \
     --input $test_dir/protein.fasta \
-    --mode protein \
+    --mode proteins \
     --lineage_dataset stramenopiles_odb10 \
     --output_dir output