diff --git a/scripts/reverse_reversed_sequences.py b/scripts/reverse_reversed_sequences.py
index f838a20d..21b4ebbb 100644
--- a/scripts/reverse_reversed_sequences.py
+++ b/scripts/reverse_reversed_sequences.py
@@ -20,13 +20,10 @@
         with open(args.output, 'w') as f_out:
             for seq in SeqIO.parse(f_in, 'fasta'):
                 # Check if metadata['reverse'] is True
-                try:
-                    if metadata.loc[metadata['strain'] == seq.id, 'reverse'].values[0] == True:
-                        # Reverse-complement sequence
-                        seq.seq = seq.seq.reverse_complement()
-                        print("Reverse-complementing sequence:", seq.id)
-                except:
-                    print("No reverse complement for:", seq.id)
+                if metadata.loc[metadata['accession'] == seq.id, 'is_reverse_complement'].values[0] == True:
+                    # Reverse-complement sequence
+                    seq.seq = seq.seq.reverse_complement()
+                    print("Reverse-complementing sequence:", seq.id)
                     
                 # Write sequences to file
                 SeqIO.write(seq, f_out, 'fasta')
diff --git a/workflow/snakemake_rules/core.smk b/workflow/snakemake_rules/core.smk
index 77299730..ea9bac8f 100644
--- a/workflow/snakemake_rules/core.smk
+++ b/workflow/snakemake_rules/core.smk
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ rule filter:
             --exclude {params.exclude} \
             --min-date {params.min_date} \
             --min-length {params.min_length} \
-            --exclude-where QC_rare_mutations=bad \
+            --query "(QC_rare_mutations == 'good' | QC_rare_mutations == 'mediocre')" \
             --output-log {output.log}
         """
 
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ rule combine_samples:
         """
 
 
-rule separate_reverse_complement:
+rule reverse_reverse_complements:
     input:
         metadata=build_dir + "/{build_name}/metadata.tsv",
         sequences=build_dir + "/{build_name}/filtered.fasta",
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ rule align:
           - filling gaps with N
         """
     input:
-        sequences=rules.separate_reverse_complement.output,
+        sequences=rules.reverse_reverse_complements.output,
         reference=config["reference"],
         genemap=config["genemap"],
     output:
@@ -256,6 +256,7 @@ rule refine:
             --root {params.root} \
             --precision 3 \
             --keep-polytomies \
+            --use-fft \
             {params.clock_rate} \
             {params.clock_std_dev} \
             --output-node-data {output.node_data} \