diff --git a/format.c b/format.c
index 2c8d65f..ac7cd8e 100644
--- a/format.c
+++ b/format.c
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ static inline void write_tags(kstring_t *s, const mm_reg1_t *r)
 	if (r->split) mm_sprintf_lite(s, "\tzd:i:%d", r->split);
 }
 
-void mm_write_paf3(kstring_t *s, const mm_idx_t *mi, const mm_bseq1_t *t, const mm_reg1_t *r, void *km, int opt_flag, int rep_len)
+void mm_write_paf3(kstring_t *s, const mm_idx_t *mi, const mm_bseq1_t *t, const mm_reg1_t *r, void *km, int64_t opt_flag, int rep_len)
 {
 	s->l = 0;
 	if (r == 0) {
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ void mm_write_paf3(kstring_t *s, const mm_idx_t *mi, const mm_bseq1_t *t, const
 		mm_sprintf_lite(s, "\t%s", t->comment);
 }
 
-void mm_write_paf(kstring_t *s, const mm_idx_t *mi, const mm_bseq1_t *t, const mm_reg1_t *r, void *km, int opt_flag)
+void mm_write_paf(kstring_t *s, const mm_idx_t *mi, const mm_bseq1_t *t, const mm_reg1_t *r, void *km, int64_t opt_flag)
 {
 	mm_write_paf3(s, mi, t, r, km, opt_flag, -1);
 }
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ static inline const mm_reg1_t *get_sam_pri(int n_regs, const mm_reg1_t *regs)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-static void write_sam_cigar(kstring_t *s, int sam_flag, int in_tag, int qlen, const mm_reg1_t *r, int opt_flag)
+static void write_sam_cigar(kstring_t *s, int sam_flag, int in_tag, int qlen, const mm_reg1_t *r, int64_t opt_flag)
 {
 	if (r->p == 0) {
 		mm_sprintf_lite(s, "*");
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ static void write_sam_cigar(kstring_t *s, int sam_flag, int in_tag, int qlen, co
 	}
 }
 
-void mm_write_sam3(kstring_t *s, const mm_idx_t *mi, const mm_bseq1_t *t, int seg_idx, int reg_idx, int n_seg, const int *n_regss, const mm_reg1_t *const* regss, void *km, int opt_flag, int rep_len)
+void mm_write_sam3(kstring_t *s, const mm_idx_t *mi, const mm_bseq1_t *t, int seg_idx, int reg_idx, int n_seg, const int *n_regss, const mm_reg1_t *const* regss, void *km, int64_t opt_flag, int rep_len)
 {
 	const int max_bam_cigar_op = 65535;
 	int flag, n_regs = n_regss[seg_idx], cigar_in_tag = 0;
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ void mm_write_sam3(kstring_t *s, const mm_idx_t *mi, const mm_bseq1_t *t, int se
 	s->s[s->l] = 0; // we always have room for an extra byte (see str_enlarge)
 }
 
-void mm_write_sam2(kstring_t *s, const mm_idx_t *mi, const mm_bseq1_t *t, int seg_idx, int reg_idx, int n_seg, const int *n_regss, const mm_reg1_t *const* regss, void *km, int opt_flag)
+void mm_write_sam2(kstring_t *s, const mm_idx_t *mi, const mm_bseq1_t *t, int seg_idx, int reg_idx, int n_seg, const int *n_regss, const mm_reg1_t *const* regss, void *km, int64_t opt_flag)
 {
 	mm_write_sam3(s, mi, t, seg_idx, reg_idx, n_seg, n_regss, regss, km, opt_flag, -1);
 }
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 5765c12..db17328 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #include "mmpriv.h"
 #include "ketopt.h"
 
-#define MM_VERSION "2.21-dev-r1080-dirty"
+#define MM_VERSION "2.21-dev-r1084-dirty"
 
 #ifdef __linux__
 #include <sys/resource.h>
diff --git a/mmpriv.h b/mmpriv.h
index cc3f483..db9143d 100644
--- a/mmpriv.h
+++ b/mmpriv.h
@@ -64,11 +64,11 @@ mm_seed_t *mm_collect_matches(void *km, int *_n_m, int qlen, int max_occ, int ma
 
 double mm_event_identity(const mm_reg1_t *r);
 int mm_write_sam_hdr(const mm_idx_t *mi, const char *rg, const char *ver, int argc, char *argv[]);
-void mm_write_paf(kstring_t *s, const mm_idx_t *mi, const mm_bseq1_t *t, const mm_reg1_t *r, void *km, int opt_flag);
-void mm_write_paf3(kstring_t *s, const mm_idx_t *mi, const mm_bseq1_t *t, const mm_reg1_t *r, void *km, int opt_flag, int rep_len);
+void mm_write_paf(kstring_t *s, const mm_idx_t *mi, const mm_bseq1_t *t, const mm_reg1_t *r, void *km, int64_t opt_flag);
+void mm_write_paf3(kstring_t *s, const mm_idx_t *mi, const mm_bseq1_t *t, const mm_reg1_t *r, void *km, int64_t opt_flag, int rep_len);
 void mm_write_sam(kstring_t *s, const mm_idx_t *mi, const mm_bseq1_t *t, const mm_reg1_t *r, int n_regs, const mm_reg1_t *regs);
-void mm_write_sam2(kstring_t *s, const mm_idx_t *mi, const mm_bseq1_t *t, int seg_idx, int reg_idx, int n_seg, const int *n_regs, const mm_reg1_t *const* regs, void *km, int opt_flag);
-void mm_write_sam3(kstring_t *s, const mm_idx_t *mi, const mm_bseq1_t *t, int seg_idx, int reg_idx, int n_seg, const int *n_regss, const mm_reg1_t *const* regss, void *km, int opt_flag, int rep_len);
+void mm_write_sam2(kstring_t *s, const mm_idx_t *mi, const mm_bseq1_t *t, int seg_idx, int reg_idx, int n_seg, const int *n_regs, const mm_reg1_t *const* regs, void *km, int64_t opt_flag);
+void mm_write_sam3(kstring_t *s, const mm_idx_t *mi, const mm_bseq1_t *t, int seg_idx, int reg_idx, int n_seg, const int *n_regss, const mm_reg1_t *const* regss, void *km, int64_t opt_flag, int rep_len);
 
 void mm_idxopt_init(mm_idxopt_t *opt);
 const uint64_t *mm_idx_get(const mm_idx_t *mi, uint64_t minier, int *n);