# stability.contigs.groups empty **URL:** \ **Category:** Commands in mothur\ **Created:** [January 19, 2016, 11:26am UTC](https://forum.mothur.org/t/stability-contigs-groups-empty/2663 "2016-01-19T11:26:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![oralmolecol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/aca169/32.png) [@oralmolecol](https://forum.mothur.org/u/oralmolecol)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 11:26am UTC](https://forum.mothur.org/t/stability-contigs-groups-empty/2663/1 "2016-01-19T11:26:55Z")
make.contigs seems to run OK and lists the groups with the numbers of sequences in each at the end, but stability.contigs.groups is empty. I would be most grateful for any advice. ---
**Author:** ![pschloss](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.mothur.org/pschloss/32/4_2.png) [@pschloss](https://forum.mothur.org/u/pschloss)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 2:20pm UTC](https://forum.mothur.org/t/stability-contigs-groups-empty/2663/2 "2016-01-19T14:20:11Z")
Can you post the command you are running and the contents of the files file? Pat ---
**Author:** ![oralmolecol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/aca169/32.png) [@oralmolecol](https://forum.mothur.org/u/oralmolecol)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.mothur.org/t/stability-contigs-groups-empty/2663/3 "2016-01-19T14:29:32Z")
Thanks. 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**Author:** ![westcott](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.mothur.org/westcott/32/18_2.png) [@westcott](https://forum.mothur.org/u/westcott)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 5:17pm UTC](https://forum.mothur.org/t/stability-contigs-groups-empty/2663/4 "2016-01-27T17:17:11Z")
Thanks for reporting this bug. The 3 column file format using compressed files in the make.contigs command is producing a blank group file in version 1.36. This will be fixed in version 1.37 coming soon. As a workaround you can decompress your fastq files. ---
**Author:** ![oralmolecol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/aca169/32.png) [@oralmolecol](https://forum.mothur.org/u/oralmolecol)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2016, 4:04pm UTC](https://forum.mothur.org/t/stability-contigs-groups-empty/2663/5 "2016-02-01T16:04:47Z")
Thanks. Worked fine with decompressed files. ---
**Author:** ![gregmedlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/34f0e0/32.png) [@gregmedlock](https://forum.mothur.org/u/gregmedlock)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2016, 1:22pm UTC](https://forum.mothur.org/t/stability-contigs-groups-empty/2663/6 "2016-02-25T13:22:43Z")
I just reproduced the bug and confirmed than decompressing solves the issue–thanks for working on a fix. Another (minor) issue is that file reporting in interactive mode is unordered (e.g. “files 44 of 369”, next file outputs “files 112 of 369”), making it difficult to monitor progress.