diff --git a/common.h b/common.h
index a8b44c7..cb76951 100644
--- a/common.h
+++ b/common.h
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #include <vector>
 
 // global definitions/constants
-#define VERSION "0.0.4"
+#define VERSION "0.0.5"
 
 // definitions/constants for argparsing
 #define DEFAULT_NUM_THREADS 1
diff --git a/count.cpp b/count.cpp
index c638d62..e74561f 100644
--- a/count.cpp
+++ b/count.cpp
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ std::string compute_consensus(std::vector<std::array<COUNT_T, 5>> const & pos_co
     std::string out; out.reserve(FASTA_STRING_RESERVE);
     long unsigned int const pos_counts_size = pos_counts.size();
     std::unordered_map<uint32_t, std::unordered_map<std::string, COUNT_T>>::iterator ins_counts_it;
-    char best_pos_base; const std::string* best_ins_seq; double best_count; double tot_depth;
+    char best_pos_base; const std::string* best_ins_seq; long unsigned int best_count; long unsigned int tot_depth;
     for(long unsigned int pos = 0; pos <= pos_counts_size; ++pos) {
         // handle insertions before pos
         ins_counts_it = ins_counts.find(pos);
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ std::string compute_consensus(std::vector<std::array<COUNT_T, 5>> const & pos_co
             if(pos_counts[pos][4] > best_count) {
                 best_count = pos_counts[pos][4]; best_pos_base = '-';
             }
-            if(tot_depth >= user_args.min_depth && (best_count/tot_depth) > user_args.min_freq) {
+            if(tot_depth >= user_args.min_depth && best_count > tot_depth * user_args.min_freq) {
                 if(best_pos_base != '-') {
                     out += best_pos_base;
                 }