diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index dc71648..1ea8640 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: raer
 Type: Package
 Title: RNA editing tools in R
-Version: 1.1.2
+Version: 1.1.3
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Kent", "Riemondy", , "kent.riemondy@gmail.com", role = c("aut", "cre"),
            comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0003-0750-1273")),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 861048f..e03df74 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-# raer 1.1.0
+
+# raer 1.1.3
+
+* Fixed bug in smart-seq2 pileup_cells reporting
 
 # raer 1.0.0
 
diff --git a/R/sc-pileup.R b/R/sc-pileup.R
index d98fb77..01984dc 100644
--- a/R/sc-pileup.R
+++ b/R/sc-pileup.R
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@
 #'   `min_variant_reads` parameters if set > 0 specify the number of reads
 #'   from any cell required in order to report a site. E.g. if
 #'   `min_variant_reads` is set to 2, then at least 2 reads (from any cell) must
-#'    have a variant in order to report the site. Setting `min_depth` and
-#'    `min_variant_reads` to 0 reports all sites present in the `sites` object.
-#'    The following options are not enabled for pileup_cells():
-#'    `max_mismatch_type`, `homopolymer_len`, and `min_allelic_freq`.
+#'   have a variant in order to report the site. Setting `min_depth` and
+#'   `min_variant_reads` to 0 reports all sites present in the `sites` object.
+#'   The following options are not enabled for pileup_cells():
+#'   `max_mismatch_type`, `homopolymer_len`, and `min_allelic_freq`.
 #' @param umi_tag tag in BAM containing the UMI sequence
 #' @param cb_tag tag in BAM containing the cell-barcode sequence
 #' @param return_sce if `TRUE`, data is returned as a SingleCellExperiment, if
@@ -82,13 +82,18 @@
 #'
 #' many_small_bams <- rep(bam_fn, 10)
 #' bam_ids <- LETTERS[1:10]
+#'  
+#' # for unstranded libraries, sites and alleles should be provided on + strand 
+#' gr <- GRanges(c("2:579:+", "2:625:+", "2:645:+", "2:589:+", "2:601:+"))
+#' gr$REF <- c(rep("T", 4), "A")
+#' gr$ALT <- c(rep("C", 4), "G")
 #'
 #' fp <- FilterParam(
 #'     library_type = "unstranded",
 #'     remove_overlaps = TRUE
 #' )
 #'
-#' pileup_cells(many_small_bams,
+#' sce <- pileup_cells(many_small_bams,
 #'     sites = gr,
 #'     cell_barcodes = bam_ids,
 #'     cb_tag = NULL,
@@ -96,6 +101,7 @@
 #'     outdir,
 #'     param = fp
 #' )
+#' sce
 #'
 #' unlink(bai)
 #'
@@ -242,8 +248,26 @@ pileup_cells <- function(bamfiles,
         }
         return(res)
     }
-
-    sce <- do.call(rbind, sces)
+    if(process_nbam){
+        sce <- do.call(cbind, sces)
+    } else {
+        sce <- do.call(rbind, sces)
+    }
+    
+    to_keep <- rep(TRUE, nrow(sce))
+    if(param@min_depth > 0) {
+        pass_mc <- Matrix::rowSums(assays(sce)$nRef + 
+                                       assays(sce)$nAlt) >= param@min_depth 
+        to_keep <- to_keep & pass_mc
+        
+    }
+    
+    if(param@min_variant_reads > 0) {
+        pass_mv <- Matrix::rowSums(assays(sce)$nAlt) >= param@min_variant_reads 
+        to_keep <- to_keep & pass_mv
+    }
+    sce <- sce[to_keep, ]
+    
     rownames(sce) <- site_names(rowRanges(sce), allele = TRUE)
 
     write_sparray(sce, outfns["counts"], outfns["sites"], outfns["bc"])
diff --git a/src/sc-plp.c b/src/sc-plp.c
index 3fd5240..19ac4dd 100644
--- a/src/sc-plp.c
+++ b/src/sc-plp.c
@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@ typedef struct {
   char* cb_tag;          // cb tag value
   int remove_overlaps;   // 1 if enable overlap detection, 0 if not
   int min_counts;        // if 0 report all sites provide in output sparseMatrix
-  int site_idx;          // counter of sites written, used for row index if min_counts > 0
   int is_ss2;            // 1 if smart-seq2 mode, 0 otherwise
 } sc_mplp_conf_t;
 
@@ -428,18 +427,12 @@ static int write_counts(sc_mplp_conf_t* conf, payload_t* pld, const char* seqnam
     }
 
     if (cbdat->ref == 0 && cbdat->alt == 0) continue;
-    r_idx = conf->min_counts == 0 ? pld->idx : conf->site_idx;
+    r_idx = pld->idx;
     ret = fprintf(conf->fps[0], "%d %d %d %d\n", r_idx, c_idx, cbdat->ref, cbdat->alt);
     if (ret < 0) return (-1);
     n_rec += 1;
   }
 
-  // write site
-  if (conf->min_counts > 0) {
-    ret = fprintf(conf->fps[1], "%d\t%s\t%d\t%d\t%s\t%s\n", pld->idx, seqname, pos + 1, pld->strand, pld->ref, pld->alt);
-    if (ret < 0) return (-1);
-    conf->site_idx += 1;
-  }
   return (n_rec);
 }
 
@@ -535,7 +528,7 @@ static int screadaln(void* data, bam1_t* b) {
 static int process_one_site(const bam_pileup1_t** plp, sc_mplp_conf_t* conf,
                             payload_t* pld, bam_hdr_t* h, int tid,
                             int pos, int nbam, int* n_plp, char* bamid) {
-    int i, j,n_ref,n_alt;
+    int i, j, n_ref, n_alt;
     i = j = n_ref = n_alt = 0;
     base_counts_t all_cell_bc;
     memset(&all_cell_bc, 0, sizeof(base_counts_t));
@@ -632,7 +625,7 @@ static int run_scpileup(sc_mplp_conf_t* conf, char* bamfn, char* index, char* ba
   data = calloc(1, sizeof(mplp_sc_aux_t*));
   plp = calloc(1, sizeof(bam_pileup1_t*));
   n_plp = calloc(1, sizeof(int));
-
+  
   // read the header of bam file and initialize data
 
   data[0] = calloc(1, sizeof(mplp_sc_aux_t));
@@ -846,7 +839,6 @@ static int set_sc_mplp_conf(sc_mplp_conf_t* conf, int nbams,
   conf->remove_overlaps = remove_overlaps;
   conf->min_mq = (min_mapq < 0) ? 0 : min_mapq;
   conf->min_counts = min_counts < 0 ? 0 : min_counts;
-  conf->site_idx = 1;
 
   return (0);
 }
@@ -1009,8 +1001,8 @@ SEXP scpileup(SEXP bampaths, SEXP indexes, SEXP query_region, SEXP lst,
   if (ret >= 0) {
     // write barcodes file, all barcodes will be reported in matrix
     write_barcodes(ga.fps[2], bcs, nbcs);
-    // write sites, if all sites requested, otherwise write during pileup
-    if (ga.min_counts == 0) write_all_sites(&ga);
+    // write sites, all sites will be in initial sparse matrix, to be subsequently filtered on R side
+    write_all_sites(&ga);
     if (ga.is_ss2) {
       for (i = 0; i < nbams; ++i) {
         res = run_scpileup(&ga, cbampaths[i], cindexes[i], bcs[i]);
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test_pileup_cells.R b/tests/testthat/test_pileup_cells.R
index 0c288bd..6051ea5 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test_pileup_cells.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test_pileup_cells.R
@@ -41,15 +41,6 @@ test_that("basic functionality works", {
     expect_true(sum(assays(sce)$nRef) > 0)
     expect_true(sum(assays(sce)$nAlt) > 0)
 
-    expect_warning(pileup_cells(bam_fn, gr,
-        c("non", "existent", "barcodes"),
-        outdir,
-        param = FilterParam(
-            library_type = "fr-second-strand",
-            min_depth = 1
-        )
-    ))
-
     # returns empty matrices
     sce <- pileup_cells(bam_fn, gr,
         c("non", "existent", "barcodes"),
@@ -130,6 +121,21 @@ test_that("if multiple bams are supplied, treat each as a separate cell", {
     )
     expect_true(all(gr == rowRanges(sce)))
     expect_equal(ncol(sce), 10)
+    expect_equal(nrow(sce), length(gr))
+    expect_true(all(colnames(sce) == LETTERS[1:10]))
+})
+
+test_that("if multiple bams are supplied, make sure rows aren't duplicated", {
+    fp <- FilterParam(library_type = "fr-second-strand", min_depth = 1)
+    sce <- pileup_cells(rep(bam_fn, 10),
+                        sites = gr,
+                        cell_barcodes = LETTERS[1:10],
+                        cb_tag = NULL,
+                        umi_tag = NULL,
+                        outdir, param = fp
+    )
+    expect_equal(ncol(sce), 10)
+    expect_equal(nrow(sce), 4)
     expect_true(all(colnames(sce) == LETTERS[1:10]))
 })