diff --git a/nextflow.config b/nextflow.config
index 151f85b..ee408e1 100644
--- a/nextflow.config
+++ b/nextflow.config
@@ -190,8 +190,15 @@ env {
 // Load Nextflow config for nf_aggregate workflow
 includeConfig 'workflows/nf_aggregate/nextflow.config'
 
-// Capture exit codes from upstream processes when piping
-process.shell = ['/bin/bash', '-euo', 'pipefail']
+// Set bash options
+process.shell = [
+    "bash",
+    "-C",         // No clobber - prevent output redirection from overwriting files.
+    "-e",         // Exit if a tool returns a non-zero status/exit code
+    "-u",         // Treat unset variables and parameters as an error
+    "-o",         // Returns the status of the last command to exit..
+    "pipefail"    //   ..with a non-zero status or zero if all successfully execute
+]
 
 // Disable process selector warnings by default. Use debug profile to enable warnings.
 nextflow.enable.configProcessNamesValidation = false