diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 622017b..49e81a4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
   - Previously, the `--targets` argument was required with no defaults.
 - Increased memory for rules: BWA mem, qualimap, kraken. gatk_contamination is not localrule. (#89, @samarth8392)
 - Added new human test dataset for github workflow (#27, @samarth8392)
+- fixes minor bug in GUI related to choosing the correct default target file (#108, @samarth8392)
 
 ## XAVIER 3.0.3
 
diff --git a/src/xavier/gui.py b/src/xavier/gui.py
index 588edcf..37390bf 100644
--- a/src/xavier/gui.py
+++ b/src/xavier/gui.py
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ def launch_gui(DEBUG=True):
                     window.Element("-OUTDIR-").update("")
                     continue
             if values["-CUSTARG-"] == True:
-                if values["-TARGETS-"] == "":
+                if not values["-TARGETS-"]:
                     sg.PopupError(
                         "Custom Targets BED file selected but not provided!!",
                         location=(0, 500),
@@ -281,11 +281,7 @@ def launch_gui(DEBUG=True):
                 input=list(glob.glob(os.path.join(values["-INDIR-"], "*.fastq.gz"))),
                 output=output_dir,
                 genome=genome,
-                targets=values["-TARGETS-"]
-                if values["-TARGETS-"]
-                else xavier_base(
-                    "resources", "Agilent_SSv7_allExons_hg38.bed"
-                ),  # TODO should this be part of the genome config file?
+                targets=values["-TARGETS-"],
                 mode="slurm",
                 job_name="pl:xavier",
                 callers=["mutect2", "mutect", "strelka", "vardict", "varscan"],