diff --git a/src/harpy/rules/phase.bak.smk b/src/harpy/rules/phase.bak.smk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eb52bb04f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/harpy/rules/phase.bak.smk
@@ -0,0 +1,323 @@
+containerized: "docker://pdimens/harpy:latest"
+
+from rich import print as rprint
+from rich.panel import Panel
+import sys
+
+##TODO MANUAL PRUNING OF SWITCH ERRORS
+# https://github.com/vibansal/HapCUT2/blob/master/outputformat.md
+
+bam_dir           = config["seq_directory"]
+samplenames       = config["samplenames"]
+variantfile       = config["variantfile"]
+pruning           = config["prune"]
+molecule_distance = config["molecule_distance"]
+extra             = config.get("extra", "") 
+outdir 			  = config["output_directory"]
+envdir      = os.getcwd() + "/.harpy_envs"
+
+if config["noBX"]:
+    fragfile = outdir + "/extractHairs/{sample}.unlinked.frags"
+else:
+    fragfile =  outdir + "/linkFragments/{sample}.linked.frags"
+
+linkarg     = "--10x 0" if config["noBX"] else "--10x 1"
+skipreports = config["skipreports"]
+
+try:
+    indelarg = "--indels 1 --ref " + config["indels"]
+except:
+    indelarg = ""
+
+wildcard_constraints:
+    sample = "[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+"
+
+onerror:
+    print("")
+    rprint(
+        Panel(
+            f"The workflow has terminated due to an error. See the log file below for more details.",
+            title = "[bold]harpy phase",
+            title_align = "left",
+            border_style = "red"
+            ),
+        file = sys.stderr
+    )
+
+onsuccess:
+    print("")
+    rprint(
+        Panel(
+            f"The workflow has finished successfully! Find the results in [bold]{outdir}/[/bold]",
+            title = "[bold]harpy phase",
+            title_align = "left",
+            border_style = "green"
+            ),
+        file = sys.stderr
+    )
+
+rule split_by_samplehet:
+    input: 
+        vcf = variantfile,
+        bam = bam_dir + "/{sample}.bam"
+    output:
+        outdir + "/workflow/input/vcf/{sample}.het.vcf"
+    benchmark:
+        ".Benchmark/Phase/splithet.{sample}.txt"
+    container:
+        None
+    message:
+        "Extracting heterozygous variants: {wildcards.sample}"
+    shell:
+        """
+        bcftools view -s {wildcards.sample} {input.vcf} |
+        awk '/^#/;/CHROM/ {{OFS="\\t"}}; !/^#/ && $10~/^0\\/1/' > {output}
+        """
+
+rule split_by_sample:
+    input: 
+        vcf = variantfile,
+        bam = bam_dir + "/{sample}.bam"
+    output:
+        outdir + "/workflow/input/vcf/{sample}.vcf"
+    benchmark:
+        ".Benchmark/Phase/split.{sample}.txt"
+    container:
+        None
+    message:
+        "Extracting variants: {wildcards.sample}"
+    shell:
+        """
+        bcftools view -s {wildcards.sample} {input.vcf} |
+        awk '/^#/;/CHROM/ {{OFS="\\t"}}; !/^#/ &&  $10~/^0\\/0/ {{$10="0|0:"substr($10,5);print $0}}; !/^#/ && $10~/^0\\/1/; !/^#/ &&  $10~/^1\\/1/ {{$10="1|1:"substr($10,5);print $0}}; !/^#/ {{print $0}}' > {output}
+        """
+
+rule index_alignment:
+    input:
+        bam_dir + "/{sample}.bam"
+    output:
+        bam_dir + "/{sample}.bam.bai"
+    container:
+        None
+    message:
+        "Indexing alignment: {wildcards.sample}"
+    shell:
+        "samtools index {input} {output} 2> /dev/null"
+
+rule extract_hairs:
+    input:
+        vcf = outdir + "/workflow/input/vcf/{sample}.het.vcf",
+        bam = bam_dir + "/{sample}.bam",
+        bai = bam_dir + "/{sample}.bam.bai"
+    output:
+        outdir + "/extractHairs/{sample}.unlinked.frags"
+    log:
+        outdir + "/extractHairs/logs/{sample}.unlinked.log"
+    params:
+        indels = indelarg,
+        bx = linkarg
+    conda:
+        f"{envdir}/phase.yaml"
+    benchmark:
+        ".Benchmark/Phase/extracthairs.{sample}.txt"
+    message:
+        "Converting to compact fragment format: {wildcards.sample}"
+    shell:
+        "extractHAIRS {params} --nf 1 --bam {input.bam} --VCF {input.vcf} --out {output} 2> {log}"
+
+rule link_fragments:
+    input: 
+        bam       = bam_dir + "/{sample}.bam",
+        vcf       = outdir + "/workflow/input/vcf/{sample}.het.vcf",
+        fragments = outdir + "/extractHairs/{sample}.unlinked.frags"
+    output:
+        outdir + "/linkFragments/{sample}.linked.frags"
+    log:
+        outdir + "/linkFragments/logs/{sample}.linked.log"
+    params:
+        d = molecule_distance
+    conda:
+        f"{envdir}/phase.yaml"
+    benchmark:
+        ".Benchmark/Phase/linkfrag.{sample}.txt"
+    message:
+        "Linking fragments: {wildcards.sample}"
+    shell:
+        "LinkFragments.py --bam {input.bam} --VCF {input.vcf} --fragments {input.fragments} --out {output} -d {params} > {log} 2>&1"
+
+rule phase_blocks:
+    input:
+        vcf       = outdir + "/workflow/input/vcf/{sample}.het.vcf",
+        fragments = fragfile
+    output: 
+        blocks    = outdir + "/phaseBlocks/{sample}.blocks",
+        vcf       = outdir + "/phaseBlocks/{sample}.blocks.phased.VCF"
+    log:
+        outdir + "/phaseBlocks/logs/{sample}.blocks.phased.log"
+    params: 
+        prune = f"--threshold {pruning}" if pruning > 0 else "--no_prune 1",
+        extra = extra
+    conda:
+        f"{envdir}/phase.yaml"
+    benchmark:
+        ".Benchmark/Phase/phase.{sample}.txt"
+    message:
+        "Creating phased haplotype blocks: {wildcards.sample}"
+    shell:
+        "HAPCUT2 --fragments {input.fragments} --vcf {input.vcf} {params} --out {output.blocks} --nf 1 --error_analysis_mode 1 --call_homozygous 1 --outvcf 1 > {log} 2>&1"
+
+rule create_annotations:
+    input:
+        outdir + "/phaseBlocks/{sample}.blocks.phased.VCF"
+    output:
+        outdir + "/annotations/{sample}.annot.gz"
+    container:
+        None
+    message:
+        "Creating annotation files: {wildcards.sample}"
+    shell:
+        "bcftools query -f \"%CHROM\\t%POS[\\t%GT\\t%PS\\t%PQ\\t%PD]\\n\" {input} | bgzip -c > {output}"
+
+rule index_annotations:
+    input:
+        outdir + "/annotations/{sample}.annot.gz"
+    output:
+        outdir + "/annotations/{sample}.annot.gz.tbi"
+    container:
+        None
+    message:
+        "Indexing {wildcards.sample}.annot.gz"
+    shell: 
+        "tabix -b 2 -e 2 {input}"
+
+rule headerfile:
+    output:
+        outdir + "/workflow/input/header.names"
+    message:
+        "Creating additional header file"
+    run:
+        with open(output[0], "w") as fout:
+            _ = fout.write('##INFO=<ID=HAPCUT,Number=0,Type=Flag,Description="The haplotype was created with Hapcut2">\n')
+            _ = fout.write('##FORMAT=<ID=GT,Number=1,Type=String,Description="Genotype/Haplotype">\n')
+            _ = fout.write('##FORMAT=<ID=PS,Number=1,Type=Integer,Description="ID of Phase Set for Variant">\n')
+            _ = fout.write('##FORMAT=<ID=PQ,Number=1,Type=Integer,Description="Phred QV indicating probability that this variant is incorrectly phased relative to the haplotype">\n')
+            _ = fout.write('##FORMAT=<ID=PD,Number=1,Type=Integer,Description="phased Read Depth">')
+
+rule merge_annotations:
+    input:
+        annot   = outdir + "/annotations/{sample}.annot.gz",
+        idx     = outdir + "/annotations/{sample}.annot.gz.tbi",
+        orig    = outdir + "/workflow/input/vcf/{sample}.vcf",
+        headers = outdir + "/workflow/input/header.names"
+    output:
+        bcf = outdir + "/annotations_merge/{sample}.phased.annot.bcf",
+        idx = outdir + "/annotations_merge/{sample}.phased.annot.bcf.csi"
+    threads:
+        2
+    benchmark:
+        ".Benchmark/Phase/mergeAnno.{sample}.txt"
+    container:
+        None
+    message:
+        "Merging annotations: {wildcards.sample}"
+    shell:
+        """
+        bcftools annotate -h {input.headers} -a {input.annot} {input.orig} -c CHROM,POS,FMT/GT,FMT/PS,FMT/PQ,FMT/PD -m +HAPCUT |
+            awk '!/<ID=GX/' |
+            sed 's/:GX:/:GT:/' |
+            bcftools view -Ob --write-index -o {output.bcf} -
+        """
+
+rule merge_samples:
+    input: 
+        bcf = collect(outdir + "/annotations_merge/{sample}.phased.annot.bcf", sample = samplenames),
+        idx = collect(outdir + "/annotations_merge/{sample}.phased.annot.bcf.csi", sample = samplenames)
+    output:
+        bcf = outdir + "/variants.phased.bcf",
+        idx = outdir + "/variants.phased.bcf.csi"
+    params:
+        "true" if len(samplenames) > 1 else "false"
+    threads:
+        workflow.cores
+    container:
+        None
+    message:
+        "Combining results into {output.bcf}" if len(samplenames) > 1 else "Copying results to {output.bcf}"
+    shell:
+        """
+        if [ "{params}" = true ]; then
+            bcftools merge --threads {threads} -Ob -o {output.bcf} --write-index {input.bcf}
+        else
+           cp {input.bcf} {output.bcf}
+           cp {input.idx} {output.idx}
+        fi
+        """
+
+rule summarize_blocks:
+    input:
+        collect(outdir + "/phaseBlocks/{sample}.blocks", sample = samplenames)
+    output:
+        outdir + "/reports/blocks.summary.gz"
+    params:
+        outdir + "/reports/blocks.summary"
+    container:
+        None
+    message:
+        "Summarizing phasing results"
+    shell:
+        """
+        echo -e "sample\\tcontig\\tn_snp\\tpos_start\\tblock_length" > {params}
+        for i in {input}; do
+            parsePhaseBlocks.py -i $i >> {params}
+        done
+        gzip {params}
+        """
+
+rule phase_report:
+    input:
+        outdir + "/reports/blocks.summary.gz"
+    output:
+        outdir + "/reports/phase.html"
+    conda:
+        f"{envdir}/r.yaml"
+    message:
+        "Summarizing phasing results"
+    script:
+        "report/HapCut2.Rmd"
+
+rule log_workflow:
+    default_target: True
+    input:
+        vcf = outdir + "/variants.phased.bcf",
+        reports = outdir + "/reports/phase.html" if not skipreports else []
+    params:
+        prune = f"--threshold {pruning}" if pruning > 0 else "--no_prune 1",
+        extra = extra
+    message:
+        "Creating record of relevant runtime parameters"
+    run:
+        with open(outdir + "/workflow/phase.summary", "w") as f:
+            _ = f.write("The harpy phase module ran using these parameters:\n\n")
+            _ = f.write(f"The provided variant file: {variantfile}\n")
+            _ = f.write(f"The directory with alignments: {bam_dir}\n")
+            _ = f.write("The variant file was split by sample and preprocessed using:\n")
+            _ = f.write("""    bcftools view -s SAMPLE | awk '/^#/;/CHROM/ OFS="\\t"; !/^#/ && $10~/^0\\/1/'\n\n""")
+            _ = f.write("Phasing was performed using the components of HapCut2:\n")
+            _ = f.write("    extractHAIRS " + linkarg + " --nf 1 --bam sample.bam --VCF sample.vcf --out sample.unlinked.frags\n")
+            _ = f.write("    LinkFragments.py --bam sample.bam --VCF sample.vcf --fragments sample.unlinked.frags --out sample.linked.frags -d " + f"{molecule_distance}" + "\n")
+            _ = f.write("    HAPCUT2 --fragments sample.linked.frags --vcf sample.vcf --out sample.blocks --nf 1 --error_analysis_mode 1 --call_homozygous 1 --outvcf 1" + f" {params[0]} {params[1]}" + "\n\n")
+            _ = f.write("Variant annotation was performed using:\n")
+            _ = f.write("    bcftools query -f \"%CHROM\\t%POS[\\t%GT\\t%PS\\t%PQ\\t%PD]\\n\" sample.vcf | bgzip -c\n")
+            _ = f.write("    bcftools annotate -h header.file -a sample.annot sample.bcf -c CHROM,POS,FMT/GX,FMT/PS,FMT/PQ,FMT/PD -m +HAPCUT |\n")
+            _ = f.write("        awk '!/<ID=GX/' |\n")
+            _ = f.write("        sed 's/:GX:/:GT:/' |\n")
+            _ = f.write("        bcftools view -Ob -o sample.annot.bcf -\n")
+            _ = f.write("    bcftools merge --output-type b samples.annot.bcf\n\n")
+            _ = f.write("The header.file of extra vcf tags:\n")
+            _ = f.write('    ##INFO=<ID=HAPCUT,Number=0,Type=Flag,Description="The haplotype was created with Hapcut2">\n')
+            _ = f.write('    ##FORMAT=<ID=GX,Number=1,Type=String,Description="Haplotype">\n')
+            _ = f.write('    ##FORMAT=<ID=PS,Number=1,Type=Integer,Description="ID of Phase Set for Variant">\n')
+            _ = f.write('    ##FORMAT=<ID=PQ,Number=1,Type=Integer,Description="Phred QV indicating probability that this variant is incorrectly phased relative to the haplotype">\n')
+            _ = f.write('    ##FORMAT=<ID=PD,Number=1,Type=Integer,Description="phased Read Depth">\n')
+            _ = f.write("\nThe Snakemake workflow was called via command line:\n")
+            _ = f.write("    " + str(config["workflow_call"]) + "\n")
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/harpy/rules/phase.smk b/src/harpy/rules/phase.smk
index 4a62e2953..9bc141e8d 100644
--- a/src/harpy/rules/phase.smk
+++ b/src/harpy/rules/phase.smk
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ rule split_by_samplehet:
         vcf = variantfile,
         bam = bam_dir + "/{sample}.bam"
     output:
-        outdir + "/workflow/input/vcf/{sample}.het.bcf"
+        outdir + "/workflow/input/vcf/{sample}.het.vcf"
     benchmark:
         ".Benchmark/Phase/splithet.{sample}.txt"
     container:
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ rule split_by_sample:
         vcf = variantfile,
         bam = bam_dir + "/{sample}.bam"
     output:
-        outdir + "/workflow/input/vcf/{sample}.bcf"
+        outdir + "/workflow/input/vcf/{sample}.vcf"
     benchmark:
         ".Benchmark/Phase/split.{sample}.txt"
     container:
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ rule index_alignment:
 
 rule extract_hairs:
     input:
-        vcf = outdir + "/workflow/input/vcf/{sample}.het.bcf",
+        vcf = outdir + "/workflow/input/vcf/{sample}.het.vcf",
         bam = bam_dir + "/{sample}.bam",
         bai = bam_dir + "/{sample}.bam.bai"
     output:
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ rule extract_hairs:
 rule link_fragments:
     input: 
         bam       = bam_dir + "/{sample}.bam",
-        vcf       = outdir + "/workflow/input/vcf/{sample}.het.bcf",
+        vcf       = outdir + "/workflow/input/vcf/{sample}.het.vcf",
         fragments = outdir + "/extractHairs/{sample}.unlinked.frags"
     output:
         outdir + "/linkFragments/{sample}.linked.frags"
@@ -147,11 +147,11 @@ rule link_fragments:
 
 rule phase_blocks:
     input:
-        vcf       = outdir + "/workflow/input/vcf/{sample}.het.bcf",
+        vcf       = outdir + "/workflow/input/vcf/{sample}.het.vcf",
         fragments = fragfile
     output: 
         blocks    = outdir + "/phaseBlocks/{sample}.blocks",
-        vcf       = outdir + "/phaseBlocks/{sample}.blocks.phased.VCF"
+        vcf       = temp(outdir + "/phaseBlocks/{sample}.blocks.phased.VCF")
     log:
         outdir + "/phaseBlocks/logs/{sample}.blocks.phased.log"
     params: 
@@ -166,52 +166,68 @@ rule phase_blocks:
     shell:
         "HAPCUT2 --fragments {input.fragments} --vcf {input.vcf} {params} --out {output.blocks} --nf 1 --error_analysis_mode 1 --call_homozygous 1 --outvcf 1 > {log} 2>&1"
 
-rule create_annotations:
+rule compress_phaseblock:
     input:
         outdir + "/phaseBlocks/{sample}.blocks.phased.VCF"
     output:
-        outdir + "/annotations/{sample}.annot.gz"
+        outdir + "/phaseBlocks/{sample}.phased.vcf.gz"
     container:
         None
     message:
-        "Creating annotation files: {wildcards.sample}"
+        "Compressing vcf: {wildcards.sample}"
     shell:
-        "bcftools query -f \"%CHROM\\t%POS[\\t%GT\\t%PS\\t%PQ\\t%PD]\\n\" {input} | bgzip -c > {output}"
+        "bcftools view -Oz6 -o {output} --write-index {input}"
 
-rule index_annotations:
+#rule create_annotations:
+#    input:
+#        outdir + "/phaseBlocks/{sample}.blocks.phased.VCF"
+#    output:
+#        outdir + "/annotations/{sample}.annot.gz"
+#    container:
+#        None
+#    message:
+#        "Creating annotation files: {wildcards.sample}"
+#    shell:
+#        "bcftools query -f \"%CHROM\\t%POS[\\t%GT\\t%PS\\t%PQ\\t%PD]\\n\" {input} | bgzip -c > {output}"
+#
+#rule index_annotations:
+#    input:
+#        outdir + "/annotations/{sample}.annot.gz"
+#    output:
+#        outdir + "/annotations/{sample}.annot.gz.tbi"
+#    container:
+#        None
+#    message:
+#        "Indexing {wildcards.sample}.annot.gz"
+#    shell: 
+#        "tabix -b 2 -e 2 {input}"
+#
+#rule headerfile:
+#    output:
+#        outdir + "/workflow/input/header.names"
+#    message:
+#        "Creating additional header file"
+#    run:
+#        with open(output[0], "w") as fout:
+#            _ = fout.write('##INFO=<ID=HAPCUT,Number=0,Type=Flag,Description="The haplotype was created with Hapcut2">\n')
+#            _ = fout.write('##FORMAT=<ID=GT,Number=1,Type=String,Description="Genotype/Haplotype">\n')
+#            _ = fout.write('##FORMAT=<ID=PS,Number=1,Type=Integer,Description="ID of Phase Set for Variant">\n')
+#            _ = fout.write('##FORMAT=<ID=PQ,Number=1,Type=Integer,Description="Phred QV indicating probability that this variant is incorrectly phased relative to the haplotype">\n')
+#            _ = fout.write('##FORMAT=<ID=PD,Number=1,Type=Integer,Description="phased Read Depth">')
+#
+use rule compress_phaseblock as compress vcf with:
     input:
-        outdir + "/annotations/{sample}.annot.gz"
+        outdir + "/workflow/input/vcf/{sample}.vcf"
     output:
-        outdir + "/annotations/{sample}.annot.gz.tbi"
-    container:
-        None
-    message:
-        "Indexing {wildcards.sample}.annot.gz"
-    shell: 
-        "tabix -b 2 -e 2 {input}"
-
-rule headerfile:
-    output:
-        outdir + "/input/header.names"
-    message:
-        "Creating additional header file"
-    run:
-        with open(output[0], "w") as fout:
-            _ = fout.write('##INFO=<ID=HAPCUT,Number=0,Type=Flag,Description="The haplotype was created with Hapcut2">\n')
-            _ = fout.write('##FORMAT=<ID=GX,Number=1,Type=String,Description="Haplotype">\n')
-            _ = fout.write('##FORMAT=<ID=PS,Number=1,Type=Integer,Description="ID of Phase Set for Variant">\n')
-            _ = fout.write('##FORMAT=<ID=PQ,Number=1,Type=Integer,Description="Phred QV indicating probability that this variant is incorrectly phased relative to the haplotype">\n')
-            _ = fout.write('##FORMAT=<ID=PD,Number=1,Type=Integer,Description="phased Read Depth">')
+        outdir + "/workflow/input/gzvcf/{sample}.vcf.gz"
 
 rule merge_annotations:
     input:
-        annot   = outdir + "/annotations/{sample}.annot.gz",
-        idx     = outdir + "/annotations/{sample}.annot.gz.tbi",
-        orig    = outdir + "/workflow/input/vcf/{sample}.bcf",
-        headers = outdir + "/input/header.names"
+        phase = outdir + "/phaseBlocks/{sample}.phased.vcf.gz",
+        orig  = outdir + "/workflow/input/gzvcf/{sample}.vcf.gz"
     output:
-        bcf = outdir + "/annotations_merge/{sample}.phased.annot.bcf",
-        idx = outdir + "/annotations_merge/{sample}.phased.annot.bcf.csi"
+        bcf = outdir + "/annotations/{sample}.phased.annot.bcf",
+        idx = outdir + "/annotations/{sample}.phased.annot.bcf.csi"
     threads:
         2
     benchmark:
@@ -221,17 +237,12 @@ rule merge_annotations:
     message:
         "Merging annotations: {wildcards.sample}"
     shell:
-        """
-        bcftools annotate -h {input.headers} -a {input.annot} {input.orig} -c CHROM,POS,FMT/GX,FMT/PS,FMT/PQ,FMT/PD -m +HAPCUT |
-            awk '!/<ID=GX/' |
-            sed 's/:GX:/:GT:/' |
-            bcftools view -Ob --write-index -o {output.bcf} -
-        """
+        "bcftools annotate -Ob -o {output.bcf} --write-index -a {input.phase} -c CHROM,POS,FMT/GT,FMT/PS,FMT/PQ,FMT/PD -m +HAPCUT {input.orig}"
 
 rule merge_samples:
     input: 
-        bcf = collect(outdir + "/annotations_merge/{sample}.phased.annot.bcf", sample = samplenames),
-        idx = collect(outdir + "/annotations_merge/{sample}.phased.annot.bcf.csi", sample = samplenames)
+        bcf = collect(outdir + "/annotations/{sample}.phased.annot.bcf", sample = samplenames),
+        idx = collect(outdir + "/annotations/{sample}.phased.annot.bcf.csi", sample = samplenames)
     output:
         bcf = outdir + "/variants.phased.bcf",
         idx = outdir + "/variants.phased.bcf.csi"