diff --git a/src/Snakefiles/7-combineConsensus.sm b/src/Snakefiles/7-combineConsensus.sm
index f03fda0..8f29d2b 100644
--- a/src/Snakefiles/7-combineConsensus.sm
+++ b/src/Snakefiles/7-combineConsensus.sm
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ if [ "{params.haveBAM}" = "True" ]; then
    echo ""
    mem_per_core=\`expr {resources.mem_gb} \/ {threads} | awk '{{if (\$1 < 1) print "1G"; else print \$1"G"}}'\`
 
-   {params.SAMTOOLS} merge -f -O bam --reference combined.fasta -@{threads} -u - {params.packbam} | {params.SAMTOOLS} sort -m \$mem_per_core -@{threads} -o ../{output.bam}
+   {params.SAMTOOLS} merge -f -O bam --reference combined.fasta -@{threads} -u - {params.packbam} | {params.SAMTOOLS} sort -m \$mem_per_core -@{threads} | {PYTHON} {VERKKO}/scripts/bam_rename.py ../{input.scfmap} ../{input.tigmap} {params.packcns} > ../{output.bam} 2> sortBAM.err
 else
    touch ../{output.bam}
 fi
diff --git a/src/main.mk b/src/main.mk
index 346c25b..5eeebbc 100644
--- a/src/main.mk
+++ b/src/main.mk
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@ FILES        += \
                 scripts/scaffolding/scaff_prefilter.py        -> ../lib/verkko/scripts/scaffolding/scaff_prefilter.py \
                 scripts/prepare_scaffolding.py                -> ../lib/verkko/scripts/prepare_scaffolding.py \
                 scripts/scaffolding/scaffold_graph.py         -> ../lib/verkko/scripts/scaffolding/scaffold_graph.py \
+                scripts/bam_rename.py                         -> ../lib/verkko/scripts/bam_rename.py \
                 \
                 Snakefile                                     -> ../lib/verkko/Snakefile \
                 Snakefiles/1-buildGraph.sm                    -> ../lib/verkko/Snakefiles/1-buildGraph.sm \
diff --git a/src/scripts/bam_rename.py b/src/scripts/bam_rename.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..3e1825b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/scripts/bam_rename.py
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+import pysam
+import sys
+import fasta_util as seq
+import re
+
+# rename a bam based on the input scfmap and tig name mapping files
+# in the case of scaffolds, offset the start coordinate by the start of the sequence in the scaffold
+#
+bamfile = pysam.AlignmentFile("-", "rb")
+scfmap   = seq.readScfMap(sys.argv[1])
+namedict = seq.readNameMap(sys.argv[2])
+lens     = dict()
+offsets  = dict()  
+names    = dict()
+tigtohap = dict()
+
+for filename in sys.argv[3:]:
+  sys.stderr.write("Starting file %s\n"%(filename))
+  inf  = seq.openInput(filename)
+
+  line = inf.readline()
+
+  while (line != ""):
+     if   (line[0] == ">"):
+        line, sName, sSeq, sQlt = seq.readFastA(inf, line)
+        nName = seq.replaceName(sName, namedict, "rename")
+        lens[nName] = len(sSeq)
+        names[nName] = sName.replace("piece", "tig")
+        #sys.stderr.write("Updating name to be mapping %s to %s of len %s\n"%(nName, sName.replace("piece", "tig"), len(sSeq)))
+     else:
+        sys.stderr.write("Error: unexpected input %s\n"%(line))
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+# save the offets of individual tigs and also update the header to include our new references
+header = bamfile.header.to_dict()
+
+for clist in scfmap:
+   offset = 0
+   for piece in scfmap[clist]:
+      numn = re.match(r"\[N(\d+)N]", piece)
+      if numn:
+         offset += int(numn[1])
+      elif piece in lens:
+         offsets[names[piece]] = offset
+         #sys.stderr.write("The offset for %s is %s\n"%(names[piece], offset))
+         offset += lens[piece]
+         tigtohap[names[piece]] = clist
+   #sys.stderr.write("Saving len of %s for sequence %s\n"%(offset, clist))     
+   header['SQ'].append({'SN': clist, 'LN': offset})
+
+# drop the old reference names
+header['SQ'] = [sq_entry for sq_entry in header['SQ'] if sq_entry['SN'] in scfmap]
+
+# now loop through and update, keeping only the mapped reads
+output_bam = pysam.AlignmentFile('-', 'wb', header=header)
+for read in bamfile:
+    if not read.is_unmapped:
+       reference_name = bamfile.get_reference_name(read.reference_id)
+       if reference_name not in offsets or tigtohap[reference_name] not in output_bam.references:
+          sys.stderr.write("Error: I didn't find how to translate %s\n"%(reference_name))
+          sys.exit(1)
+     
+       # make a copy of the existing read in the new bam, replacing the string reference
+       new_read = pysam.AlignedSegment.fromstring(read.to_string().replace(f'\t{reference_name}\t', f'\t{tigtohap[reference_name]}\t'), output_bam.header)
+
+       # update the coordinate
+       new_read.reference_start = read.reference_start + offsets[reference_name]
+       output_bam.write(new_read)
+
+bamfile.close()
+output_bam.close()