diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index af5ffa5..ea95664 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #include "mmpriv.h"
 #include "ketopt.h"
 
-#define MM_VERSION "2.24-r1149-dirty"
+#define MM_VERSION "2.24-r1150-dirty"
 
 #ifdef __linux__
 #include <sys/resource.h>
diff --git a/sketch.c b/sketch.c
index 42ab4f7..1f6b7da 100644
--- a/sketch.c
+++ b/sketch.c
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ void mm_sketch_syncmer(void *km, const char *str, int len, int smer, int k, uint
 			if (l >= k && kmer_span < 256) {
 				uint64_t x, min = UINT64_MAX;
 				x = hash64(kmer[z], mask);
-				for (j = 0; j < k - smer; ++j) {
+				for (j = 0; j <= k - smer; ++j) {
 					uint64_t y = x >> (j + j) & smask;
 					min = min < y? min : y;
 				}