diff --git a/ngs_mapper/runsample.py b/ngs_mapper/runsample.py
index 32d00771..2ec053c6 100644
--- a/ngs_mapper/runsample.py
+++ b/ngs_mapper/runsample.py
@@ -427,8 +427,9 @@ def select_keys(d, keys):
         # Filter on index quality and Ns
 
         # Mapping
+        cmd_args['tmp_bam'] = os.path.join( tdir, 'tmp.bam' )
         with open(bwalog, 'wb') as blog:
-            cmd = 'run_bwa_on_samplename {trim_outdir} {reference} -o {bamfile}'
+            cmd = 'run_bwa_on_samplename {trim_outdir} {reference} -o {tmp_bam}'
             if cmd_args['config']:
                 cmd += ' -c {config}'
             p = run_cmd( cmd.format(**cmd_args), stdout=blog, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT )
@@ -440,6 +441,13 @@ def select_keys(d, keys):
                 logger.critical( "{0} failed to complete sucessfully. Please check the log file {1} for more details".format(cmd,bwalog) )
                 sys.exit(1)
 
+        tcmd = "samtools view -F 2048 -b {tmp_bam} > {bamfile}"
+        p = run_cmd( tcmd.format(**cmd_args), stdout=lfile, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT )
+        r = p.wait()
+        if r != 0:
+            logger.critical( "{0} did not exit sucessfully".format(cmd.format(**cmd_args)) )
+        rets.append( r )
+
         # Tag Reads
         cmd = 'tagreads {bamfile} -CN {CN}'
         if cmd_args['config']:
@@ -450,15 +458,19 @@ def select_keys(d, keys):
             logger.critical( "{0} did not exit sucessfully".format(cmd.format(**cmd_args)) )
         rets.append( r )
         # Variant Calling
+        from ngs_mapper.config import load_config
+        bc_cfg = load_config(cmd_args['config'])['base_caller']
+        lofreq = bc_cfg['lofreq']['default']
+        lofreq_options = bc_cfg['lofreq_options']['default'] or ''
         if lofreq:
             cmd1 = 'lofreq call -f {reference} {bamfile} -o {vcf} ' + lofreq_options
             r1 = run_cmd( cmd1.format(**cmd_args), stdout=lfile, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT ).wait()
             if r1 != 0: logger.critical( "{0} did not exit sucessfully".format(cmd1.format(**cmd_args)) )
-
-            cmd2 = 'lf_consensus --ref {reference} --vcf {vcf} --minbq 30 --mind 10 --bam {bamfile} > {consensus}'
-            r2 = run_cmd( cmd2.format(**cmd_args), stdout=lfile, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT ).wait()
-            if r2 != 0: logger.critical( "{0} did not exit sucessfully".format(cmd2.format(**cmd_args)) )
-            rets += [r1, r2]
+            with open(cmd_args['consensus'], 'w') as cons_out:
+                cmd2 = 'lf_consensus --ref {reference} --vcf {vcf} --minbq 30 --mind 10 --bam {bamfile}'
+                r2 = run_cmd( cmd2.format(**cmd_args), stdout=cons_out, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT ).wait()
+                if r2 != 0: logger.critical( "{0} did not exit sucessfully".format(cmd2.format(**cmd_args)) )
+                rets += [r1, r2]
         else:
             cmd = 'base_caller {bamfile} {reference} {vcf} -minth {minth}'
             if cmd_args['config']:
diff --git a/requirements-pip.txt b/requirements-pip.txt
index 6da78f48..a27d99fe 100644
--- a/requirements-pip.txt
+++ b/requirements-pip.txt
@@ -10,3 +10,6 @@ Counter==1.0.0
 schema==0.4.0
 PyVCF==0.6.6
 python-dateutil==2.1
+docopt
+plumbum
+toolz
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9c727764..d1ca0d37 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
             'trim_reads = ngs_mapper.trim_reads:main',
             'vcf_consensus = ngs_mapper.vcf_consensus:main',
             'vcf_diff = ngs_mapper.vcf_diff:main',
+            'lf_consensus = ngs_mapper.lofreq_consensus:main'
         ]
     },
     package_data = {