diff --git a/reneo/workflow/scripts/reneo_utils/component_utils.py b/reneo/workflow/scripts/reneo_utils/component_utils.py
index 49f750e..6192aa4 100644
--- a/reneo/workflow/scripts/reneo_utils/component_utils.py
+++ b/reneo/workflow/scripts/reneo_utils/component_utils.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def get_components(**kwargs):
 
             if (
                 vogs_present
-                and len(vogs_found) >= kwargs['nvogs']
+                and (kwargs["unitig_names"][unitig] in kwargs["circular"] or len(vogs_found) >= kwargs['nvogs'])
                 and kwargs["edges_lengths"][kwargs["unitig_names"][unitig]] > kwargs["minlength"]
             ):
                 pruned_vs[i] = component