diff --git a/ipyrad/assemble/rawedit.py b/ipyrad/assemble/rawedit.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/ipyrad/assemble/rawedit.py
+++ b/ipyrad/assemble/rawedit.py
@@ -197,6 +197,8 @@ def cutadaptit_single(data, sample):
                     fullcomp(data.paramsdict["restriction_overhang"][1])[::-1] \
                   + data._hackersonly["p3_adapter"])
             else:
+                LOGGER.warning("No barcode information present, and is therefore not "+\
+                               "being used for adapter trimming of SE gbs data.")
                 ## else no search for barcodes on 3'
                 adapter = \
                     fullcomp(data.paramsdict["restriction_overhang"][1])[::-1] \
bugfix; error was raised in no barcodes during step2 filtering for gbs data. Now just a warning is printed