diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index cc42dec..f621001 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include "minimap.h"
 #include "mmpriv.h"
 
-#define MM_VERSION "2.0-r98-pre"
+#define MM_VERSION "2.0-r99-pre"
 
 void liftrlimit()
 {
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 	mm_mapopt_t opt;
 	int i, c, k = 17, w = -1, bucket_bits = MM_IDX_DEF_B, n_threads = 3, keep_name = 1, is_idx, is_hpc = 0, long_idx;
-	int minibatch_size = 100000000;
+	int minibatch_size = 200000000;
 	uint64_t batch_size = 4000000000ULL;
 	bseq_file_t *fp = 0;
 	char *fnw = 0;
diff --git a/map.c b/map.c
index bb2e51a..ca3b757 100644
--- a/map.c
+++ b/map.c
@@ -382,6 +382,8 @@ static void *worker_pipeline(void *shared, int step, void *in)
 			free(s->seq[i].seq); free(s->seq[i].name);
 		}
 		free(s->reg); free(s->n_reg); free(s->seq);
+		if (mm_verbose >= 3)
+			fprintf(stderr, "[M::%s::%.3f*%.2f] mapped %d sequences\n", __func__, realtime() - mm_realtime0, cputime() / (realtime() - mm_realtime0), s->n_seq);
 		free(s);
 	}
     return 0;