diff --git a/modules/databases/virsorter2_download_DB.nf b/modules/databases/virsorter2_download_DB.nf
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+process download_virsorter2_DB {
+    label 'noDocker'    
+    if (params.cloudProcess) { publishDir "${params.databases}/virsorter2-db", mode: 'copy' }
+    else { storeDir "${params.databases}/virsorter2-db" }  
+    output:
+        path("virsorter2-db", type: 'dir')
+    script:
+        """
+        wget https://osf.io/v46sc/download -O db.tgz
+        mkdir virsorter2-db
+        tar -zxvf db.tgz virsorter2-db --strip-components=1 -C virsorter2-db
+        chmod a+rX virsorter2-db
+        rm -f db.tgz
+        """
+}