diff --git a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Compara/PipeConfig/BaseAge_conf.pm b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Compara/PipeConfig/BaseAge_conf.pm
index c12c762d1a..c863b16105 100644
--- a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Compara/PipeConfig/BaseAge_conf.pm
+++ b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Compara/PipeConfig/BaseAge_conf.pm
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ sub pipeline_analyses {
                               },
                -flow_into => {
                               '2->A' => { 'base_age' => { 'seq_region' => '#name#', }, },
-                              'A->1' => [ 'big_bed' ],
+                              'A->1' => [ 'base_age_funnel_check' ],
                              },
             },
             
@@ -161,6 +161,11 @@ sub pipeline_analyses {
                 },
             },
 
+            {   -logic_name => 'base_age_funnel_check',
+                -module     => 'Bio::EnsEMBL::Compara::RunnableDB::FunnelCheck',
+                -flow_into  => { 1 => { 'big_bed' => INPUT_PLUS() } },
+            },
+
              { -logic_name => 'big_bed',
                -module     => 'Bio::EnsEMBL::Compara::RunnableDB::BaseAge::BigBed',
                -parameters => {