diff --git a/workflow/apps/matlab/easy/EASYconsole.m b/workflow/apps/matlab/easy/EASYconsole.m
index 0b4bf493..bed48cdb 100644
--- a/workflow/apps/matlab/easy/EASYconsole.m
+++ b/workflow/apps/matlab/easy/EASYconsole.m
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ function varargout = EASYconsole(varargin)
       d=dirsToScan(i);
       d=char(d);
       if exist(d, 'dir')
+        matchedDirs={};
         subDirs=dir(d);
         pattern='^\d{6}_.*_.*';
         for i=1:length(subDirs)