diff --git a/bwamem.c b/bwamem.c
index d0efe07..1b94fb9 100644
--- a/bwamem.c
+++ b/bwamem.c
@@ -246,8 +246,7 @@ mem_chain_v mem_chain(const mem_opt_t *opt, const bwt_t *bwt, const bntseq_t *bn
 			int rid, to_add = 0;
 			s.rbeg = tmp.pos = bwt_sa(bwt, p->x[0] + k); // this is the base coordinate in the forward-reverse reference
 			s.qbeg = p->info>>32;
-			s.len  = slen;
-			s.score = 0;
+			s.score= s.len = slen;
 			rid = bns_intv2rid(bns, s.rbeg, s.rbeg + s.len);
 			if (rid < 0) continue; // bridging multiple reference sequences or the forward-reverse boundary
 			if (kb_size(tree)) {
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 02b3409..fdbf555 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #include "utils.h"
 
 #ifndef PACKAGE_VERSION
-#define PACKAGE_VERSION "0.7.8-r731-dirty"
+#define PACKAGE_VERSION "0.7.8-r733-dirty"
 #endif
 
 int bwa_fa2pac(int argc, char *argv[]);