diff --git a/src/cppNGSD/GermlineReportGenerator.cpp b/src/cppNGSD/GermlineReportGenerator.cpp
index 43347d302..91ab1dfcd 100644
--- a/src/cppNGSD/GermlineReportGenerator.cpp
+++ b/src/cppNGSD/GermlineReportGenerator.cpp
@@ -91,7 +91,11 @@ void GermlineReportGenerator::writeHTML(QString filename)
 	stream << "<br />" << trans("Prozessierungssystem-Typ") << ": " << processed_sample_data.processing_system_type << endl;
 	QString run_id = db_.getValue("SELECT id FROM sequencing_run WHERE name=:0", false, processed_sample_data.run_name).toString();
 	stream << "<br />" << trans("Sequenziersystem") << ": " << db_.getValue("SELECT d.type FROM device d, sequencing_run r WHERE r.device_id=d.id AND r.id=:0", false, run_id).toString() << endl;
-	stream << "<br />" << trans("Readl&auml;nge") << ": " << db_.getValue("SELECT recipe FROM sequencing_run WHERE id=:0", false, run_id).toString() << endl;
+	//ignore read length for lrGS
+	if (processed_sample_data.processing_system_type != "lrGS")
+	{
+		stream << "<br />" << trans("Readl&auml;nge") << ": " << db_.getValue("SELECT recipe FROM sequencing_run WHERE id=:0", false, run_id).toString() << endl;
+	}
 	stream << "<br />" << trans("Referenzgenom") << ": " << system_data.genome << endl;
 	stream << "<br />" << trans("Datum") << ": " << date_.toString("dd.MM.yyyy") << endl;
 	stream << "<br />" << trans("Analysepipeline") << ": "  << data_.variants.getPipeline() << endl;