diff --git a/nextflow.config b/nextflow.config
index bca7a2b5687d14ef646d1fc0630f9773449215b4..d8fc7542707f2d6443adffabccbc8cd1cef02254 100644
--- a/nextflow.config
+++ b/nextflow.config
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ params {
     max_time                   = '240.h'
 
     // Hicstuff
-    hicstuff_bwt2_align_opts = '--very-sensitive-local'
+    hicstuff_bwt2_align_opts = '--very-sensitive'
     hicstuff_min_size = 0
     hicstuff_circular = 'false'
     hicstuff_output_contigs = 'info_contigs.txt'