diff --git a/pkg/obichunk/chunk_on_disk.go b/pkg/obichunk/chunk_on_disk.go
index 2a71c78..dd678f9 100644
--- a/pkg/obichunk/chunk_on_disk.go
+++ b/pkg/obichunk/chunk_on_disk.go
@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@ func ISequenceChunkOnDisk(iterator obiiter.IBioSequence,
 			if dereplicate {
 				u := make(map[string]*obiseq.BioSequence)
 				var source string
-				var chunk obiseq.BioSequenceSlice
 
 				for iseq.Next() {
 					batch := iseq.Get()
@@ -135,15 +134,16 @@ func ISequenceChunkOnDisk(iterator obiiter.IBioSequence,
 							u[sstring] = seq
 						}
 					}
-
-					chunk = obiseq.MakeBioSequenceSlice(len(u))
-					i := 0
-
-					for _, seq := range u {
-						chunk[i] = seq
-					}
-
 				}
+
+				chunk := obiseq.MakeBioSequenceSlice(len(u))
+				i := 0
+
+				for _, seq := range u {
+					chunk[i] = seq
+					i++
+				}
+
 				newIter.Push(obiiter.MakeBioSequenceBatch(source, order, chunk))
 
 			} else {
diff --git a/pkg/obioptions/version.go b/pkg/obioptions/version.go
index 0cbe8a9..4a91c52 100644
--- a/pkg/obioptions/version.go
+++ b/pkg/obioptions/version.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 // corresponds to the last commit, and not the one when the file will be
 // commited
 
-var _Commit = "547135c"
+var _Commit = "f55dd55"
 var _Version = "Release 4.4.0"
 
 // Version returns the version of the obitools package.