diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c807bd5d3f..9cc2a80834 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ results/
 testing/
 testing*
 *.pyc
+null/
 *.code-workspace
 .nf-test*
 .nf-test/
diff --git a/.nf-core.yml b/.nf-core.yml
index 73d967da98..7beff01213 100644
--- a/.nf-core.yml
+++ b/.nf-core.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ lint:
     - docs/images/nf-core-sarek_logo_light.png
   modules_config: false
   template_strings: false
-nf_core_version: 3.0.1
+nf_core_version: 3.0.2
 org_path: null
 repository_type: pipeline
 template:
diff --git a/modules.json b/modules.json
index b93b809bc5..93b7b40001 100644
--- a/modules.json
+++ b/modules.json
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@
                     },
                     "multiqc": {
                         "branch": "master",
-                        "git_sha": "b8d36829fa84b6e404364abff787e8b07f6d058c",
+                        "git_sha": "cf17ca47590cc578dfb47db1c2a44ef86f89976d",
                         "installed_by": ["modules"]
                     },
                     "ngscheckmate/ncm": {
@@ -515,12 +515,12 @@
                     },
                     "utils_nextflow_pipeline": {
                         "branch": "master",
-                        "git_sha": "9d05360da397692321d377b6102d2fb22507c6ef",
+                        "git_sha": "3aa0aec1d52d492fe241919f0c6100ebf0074082",
                         "installed_by": ["subworkflows"]
                     },
                     "utils_nfcore_pipeline": {
                         "branch": "master",
-                        "git_sha": "772684d9d66f37b650c8ba5146ac1ee3ecba2acb",
+                        "git_sha": "1b6b9a3338d011367137808b49b923515080e3ba",
                         "installed_by": ["subworkflows"]
                     },
                     "utils_nfschema_plugin": {
diff --git a/modules/nf-core/multiqc/main.nf b/modules/nf-core/multiqc/main.nf
index 9724d2f34e..cc0643e1d5 100644
--- a/modules/nf-core/multiqc/main.nf
+++ b/modules/nf-core/multiqc/main.nf
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ process MULTIQC {
     stub:
     """
     mkdir multiqc_data
-    touch multiqc_plots
+    mkdir multiqc_plots
     touch multiqc_report.html
 
     cat <<-END_VERSIONS > versions.yml
diff --git a/subworkflows/local/utils_nfcore_sarek_pipeline/main.nf b/subworkflows/local/utils_nfcore_sarek_pipeline/main.nf
index de2356fc7a..a897dfebe5 100644
--- a/subworkflows/local/utils_nfcore_sarek_pipeline/main.nf
+++ b/subworkflows/local/utils_nfcore_sarek_pipeline/main.nf
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ workflow PIPELINE_INITIALISATION {
         workflow.profile.tokenize(',').intersect(['conda', 'mamba']).size() >= 1
     )
 
-
     //
     // Validate parameters and generate parameter summary to stdout
     //
@@ -62,7 +61,6 @@ workflow PIPELINE_INITIALISATION {
         null
     )
 
-
     //
     // Check config provided to the pipeline
     //
@@ -177,7 +175,6 @@ workflow PIPELINE_COMPLETION {
     email           //  string: email address
     email_on_fail   //  string: email address sent on pipeline failure
     plaintext_email // boolean: Send plain-text email instead of HTML
-
     outdir          //    path: Path to output directory where results will be published
     monochrome_logs // boolean: Disable ANSI colour codes in log output
     hook_url        //  string: hook URL for notifications
diff --git a/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nextflow_pipeline/main.nf b/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nextflow_pipeline/main.nf
index 2b0dc67a6a..0fcbf7b3f2 100644
--- a/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nextflow_pipeline/main.nf
+++ b/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nextflow_pipeline/main.nf
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 //
 
 /*
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     SUBWORKFLOW DEFINITION
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 */
 
 workflow UTILS_NEXTFLOW_PIPELINE {
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ workflow UTILS_NEXTFLOW_PIPELINE {
 }
 
 /*
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     FUNCTIONS
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 */
 
 //
@@ -106,17 +106,19 @@ def checkCondaChannels() {
     def channels_missing = ((required_channels_in_order as Set) - (channels as Set)) as Boolean
 
     // Check that they are in the right order
-    def channel_priority_violation = false
-
-    required_channels_in_order.eachWithIndex { channel, index ->
-        if (index < required_channels_in_order.size() - 1) {
-            channel_priority_violation |= !(channels.indexOf(channel) < channels.indexOf(required_channels_in_order[index + 1]))
-        }
-    }
+    def channel_priority_violation = required_channels_in_order != channels.findAll { ch -> ch in required_channels_in_order }
 
     if (channels_missing | channel_priority_violation) {
-        log.warn(
-            "~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\n" + "  There is a problem with your Conda configuration!\n\n" + "  You will need to set-up the conda-forge and bioconda channels correctly.\n" + "  Please refer to https://bioconda.github.io/\n" + "  The observed channel order is \n" + "  ${channels}\n" + "  but the following channel order is required:\n" + "  ${required_channels_in_order}\n" + "~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"
-        )
+        log.warn """\
+        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+            There is a problem with your Conda configuration!
+            You will need to set-up the conda-forge and bioconda channels correctly.
+            Please refer to https://bioconda.github.io/
+            The observed channel order is
+            ${channels}
+            but the following channel order is required:
+            ${required_channels_in_order}
+        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"
+        """.stripIndent(true)
     }
 }
diff --git a/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfcore_pipeline/main.nf b/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfcore_pipeline/main.nf
index b78273ca4c..5cb7bafef3 100644
--- a/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfcore_pipeline/main.nf
+++ b/subworkflows/nf-core/utils_nfcore_pipeline/main.nf
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 //
 
 /*
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     SUBWORKFLOW DEFINITION
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 */
 
 workflow UTILS_NFCORE_PIPELINE {
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ workflow UTILS_NFCORE_PIPELINE {
 }
 
 /*
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     FUNCTIONS
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 */
 
 //
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ def checkProfileProvided(nextflow_cli_args) {
 def workflowCitation() {
     def temp_doi_ref = ""
     def manifest_doi = workflow.manifest.doi.tokenize(",")
-    // Using a loop to handle multiple DOIs
+    // Handling multiple DOIs
     // Removing `https://doi.org/` to handle pipelines using DOIs vs DOI resolvers
     // Removing ` ` since the manifest.doi is a string and not a proper list
     manifest_doi.each { doi_ref ->