diff --git a/src/scripts/get_layout_from_mbg.py b/src/scripts/get_layout_from_mbg.py
index 98d39caa..b6345325 100755
--- a/src/scripts/get_layout_from_mbg.py
+++ b/src/scripts/get_layout_from_mbg.py
@@ -362,11 +362,69 @@ def get_exact_match_length(clusters):
 
 read_clusters = {}
 for contig in contig_contains_reads:
+	print (f"debugggging  {contig}")
+	cont_seq = ""
+	for i in range(0, len(contig_nodeseqs[contig])):
+		cont_seq += (contig_nodeseqs[contig][i][0])
+	print (cont_seq)
+
+	sys.stdout.flush()
+#lets try to ban the reads that have a suffix or prefix that contradict to the contig
+	contig_ends = [contig_nodeseqs[contig][0][0], contig_nodeseqs[contig][-1][0]]
+
+	contig_nodes_no_dir = set()
+	for i in range(0, len(contig_nodeseqs[contig])):
+		contig_nodes_no_dir.add(contig_nodeseqs[contig][i][0][1:])
+
 	for readname in contig_contains_reads[contig]:
 		if readname not in read_clusters: read_clusters[readname] = []
 		lines = contig_contains_reads[contig][readname]
 		assert len(lines) > 0
 		readlen = lines[0][4]
+
+		#lets not ban gap containing reads 
+		if not readname_to_paths[readname][1]:
+			to_ban = False
+			near_contig_end = False
+			#if read_end not in contig, then something likely went wrong..
+			#can be replaced by more accurate check to exclude case where read end is somewhere else, but it should not make big sense.
+			
+			to_ban_left = False
+			to_ban_right = False
+			if not (readname_to_paths[readname][0][0][1:] in contig_nodes_no_dir):
+				to_ban_left = True
+			if not (readname_to_paths[readname][0][-1][1:] in contig_nodes_no_dir):
+				to_ban_right = True
+			#lets always allow read to extend contig
+			contains_contig_ends = [False, False]
+			for node in readname_to_paths[readname][0]:
+				for i in range(0,2):
+					#nodes same without respect to the orientation
+					if node[1:] == contig_ends[i][1:]:
+						contains_contig_ends[i] = True
+						#read going different direction with contig, so should switch ban logic
+						#rc loop may confuse this logic, but it would be weird anyway.
+						'''if node[0] != contig_ends[i][0]:							
+							tmp = to_ban_left
+							to_ban_left = to_ban_right
+							to_ban_right = tmp
+							print ("switching")
+							print (readname_to_paths[readname][0]) '''
+							
+						
+			if to_ban_left and not(contains_contig_ends[0]):
+				to_ban = True
+			if to_ban_right and not(contains_contig_ends[1]):
+				to_ban = True	
+			if to_ban:
+				print(f" {to_ban_left} {to_ban_right} banning")
+				print (readname_to_paths[readname][0])
+				total_banned +=1
+				continue
+			else:
+				total_notbanned +=1
+
+>>>>>>> 50e523e (working version)
 		lines.sort(key=lambda x: min(x[0], x[1]))
 		fwcluster = None
 		bwcluster = None
@@ -385,7 +443,8 @@ def get_exact_match_length(clusters):
 				elif contigstart < fwcluster[0] + 50 and contigend < fwcluster[1] + 50:
 					fwcluster = (contigstart, contigend, min(fwcluster[2], readstart), max(fwcluster[3], readend), fwcluster[4] + [(real_readstart, real_readend)])
 				else:
-					if fwcluster[3] - fwcluster[2] >= readlen * min_read_len_fraction: read_clusters[readname].append((contig, fwcluster[0], fwcluster[1], get_exact_match_length(fwcluster[4])))
+					if fwcluster[3] - fwcluster[2] >= readlen * min_read_len_fraction:
+						read_clusters[readname].append((contig, fwcluster[0], fwcluster[1], get_exact_match_length(fwcluster[4])))
 					fwcluster = (contigstart, contigend, readstart, readend, [(real_readstart, real_readend)])
 			else:
 				if bwcluster is None:
@@ -393,13 +452,16 @@ def get_exact_match_length(clusters):
 				elif contigstart < bwcluster[0] + 50 and contigend < bwcluster[1] + 50:
 					bwcluster = (contigstart, contigend, min(bwcluster[2], readstart), max(bwcluster[3], readend), bwcluster[4] + [(real_readstart, real_readend)])
 				else:
-					if bwcluster[3] - bwcluster[2] >= readlen * min_read_len_fraction: read_clusters[readname].append((contig, bwcluster[1], bwcluster[0], get_exact_match_length(bwcluster[4])))
+					if bwcluster[3] - bwcluster[2] >= readlen * min_read_len_fraction: 
+						read_clusters[readname].append((contig, bwcluster[1], bwcluster[0], get_exact_match_length(bwcluster[4])))
 					bwcluster = (contigstart, contigend, readstart, readend, [(real_readstart, real_readend)])
 		if fwcluster is not None:
-			if fwcluster[3] - fwcluster[2] >= readlen * min_read_len_fraction: read_clusters[readname].append((contig, fwcluster[0], fwcluster[1], get_exact_match_length(fwcluster[4])))
+			if fwcluster[3] - fwcluster[2] >= readlen * min_read_len_fraction: 
+				read_clusters[readname].append((contig, fwcluster[0], fwcluster[1], get_exact_match_length(fwcluster[4])))
 		if bwcluster is not None:
-			if bwcluster[3] - bwcluster[2] >= readlen * min_read_len_fraction: read_clusters[readname].append((contig, bwcluster[1], bwcluster[0], get_exact_match_length(bwcluster[4])))
-
+			if bwcluster[3] - bwcluster[2] >= readlen * min_read_len_fraction: 
+				read_clusters[readname].append((contig, bwcluster[1], bwcluster[0], get_exact_match_length(bwcluster[4])))
+print (f"Banned {total_banned} allowed {total_notbanned}")
 contig_actual_lines = {}
 for readname in read_clusters:
 	longest = []