diff --git a/public/gears/src/main/scala/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/pipelines/gears/Gears.scala b/public/gears/src/main/scala/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/pipelines/gears/Gears.scala
index 4ae307a12bf61035464fb15a854554811d1ecc88..f67b1b8fcf8dc4561682b1014ab1609e4b390408 100644
--- a/public/gears/src/main/scala/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/pipelines/gears/Gears.scala
+++ b/public/gears/src/main/scala/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/pipelines/gears/Gears.scala
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class Gears(val root: Configurable) extends QScript with SummaryQScript {
       // sambamba view -f bam -F "unmapped or mate_is_unmapped" <alnFile> > <extracted.bam>
       val samFilterUnmapped = new SambambaView(qscript)
       samFilterUnmapped.input = bamfile
-      samFilterUnmapped.filter = Some("(unmapped or mate_is_unmapped) and not (secondary_alignment)")
+      samFilterUnmapped.filter = Some("(unmapped or mate_is_unmapped) and not (secondary_alignment) and [XH] == null")
       samFilterUnmapped.output = new File(outputDir, s"$outputName.unmapped.bam")
       samFilterUnmapped.isIntermediate = false
       add(samFilterUnmapped)