diff --git a/align.c b/align.c
index 7bfb254..6028abb 100644
--- a/align.c
+++ b/align.c
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ static inline void update_max_zdrop(int32_t score, int i, int j, int32_t *max, i
 		int z = *max - score - diff * e;
 		if (z > *max_zdrop) {
 			*max_zdrop = z;
-			pos[0][0] = *max_i, pos[0][1] = i + 1;
-			pos[1][0] = *max_j, pos[1][1] = j + 1;
+			pos[0][0] = *max_i, pos[0][1] = i;
+			pos[1][0] = *max_j, pos[1][1] = j;
 		}
 	} else *max = score, *max_i = i, *max_j = j;
 }
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 2af0799..c727d70 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #include "mmpriv.h"
 #include "ketopt.h"
 
-#define MM_VERSION "2.17-r1009-dirty"
+#define MM_VERSION "2.17-r1012-dirty"
 
 #ifdef __linux__
 #include <sys/resource.h>