diff --git a/script.sh b/script.sh
index 117f921..80825cf 100644
--- a/script.sh
+++ b/script.sh
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ awk '{print gensub("^\\*\\*", "\\\\**", "g", $0) "\t(sp1_"NR")"}' < $1 > referen
 cut -f2 $1 > reference.txt
 cut -f3 $1 > hypothesis.txt
 
-awk '{print gensub("^\\*\\*", "\\\\**", "g", $0) "\t(sp1_"NR")"}' < reference.txt > reference.trn
-awk '{print gensub("^\\*\\*", "\\\\**", "g", $0) "\t(sp1_"NR")"}' < hypothesis.txt > hypothesis.trn
+awk 'BEGIN{FS=OFS="\t"}{print $0,"(sp1_"NR")"}' < reference.txt > reference.trn
+awk 'BEGIN{FS=OFS="\t"}{print $0,"(sp1_"NR")"}' < hypothesis.txt > hypothesis.trn
 
 sclite -f 0 -r reference.trn trn -h hypothesis.trn trn -e utf-8 -i rm -o all stdout > WER_SRR.txt