diff --git a/kaldi_decoding_scripts/decode_dnn.sh b/kaldi_decoding_scripts/decode_dnn.sh
index 4e183f42..8f7986ff 100755
--- a/kaldi_decoding_scripts/decode_dnn.sh
+++ b/kaldi_decoding_scripts/decode_dnn.sh
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ echo $nj > $dir/num_jobs
 
 # Some checks.  Note: we don't need $srcdir/tree but we expect
 # it should exist, given the current structure of the scripts.
-for f in $graphdir/HCLG.fst $data/feats.scp; do
+for f in $graphdir/HCLG.fst; do
   [ ! -f $f ] && echo "$0: no such file $f" && exit 1;
 done
 
diff --git a/run_exp.py b/run_exp.py
index d103bcd1..8ec8b0b5 100644
--- a/run_exp.py
+++ b/run_exp.py
@@ -587,6 +587,9 @@ def _max_nr_of_parallel_forwarding_processes(config):
 
             out_folder = os.path.abspath(out_folder)
             files_dec = out_folder + "/exp_files/forward_" + data + "_ep*_ck*_" + forward_outs[k] + "_to_decode.ark"
+            if len(glob.glob(files_dec)) > 0:
+                files_dec = glob.glob(files_dec)[0]
+            
             out_dec_folder = out_folder + "/decode_" + data + "_" + forward_outs[k]
 
             if not (os.path.exists(info_file)):