diff --git a/CommandLines.h b/CommandLines.h
index 077e9f3..111270b 100644
--- a/CommandLines.h
+++ b/CommandLines.h
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 #include <pthread.h>
 
-#define HA_VERSION "0.5-dirty-r250"
+#define HA_VERSION "0.5-dirty-r251"
 
 #define VERBOSE 0
 
diff --git a/anchor.cpp b/anchor.cpp
index b3151e4..4f2ce43 100644
--- a/anchor.cpp
+++ b/anchor.cpp
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ void ha_get_new_candidates(ha_abuf_t *ab, int64_t rid, UC_Read *ucr, overlap_reg
 			for (i = 0, k = 0; i < (uint32_t)overlap_list->length; ++i) {
 				overlap_region *r = &overlap_list->list[i];
 				w = ha_ov_type(r, rlen);
-				if (r->shared_seed > s[w]) {
+				if (r->shared_seed >= s[w]) {
 					if ((uint32_t)k != i) {
 						overlap_region t;
 						t = overlap_list->list[k];