diff --git a/src/wfa.js b/src/wfa.js
index 42c8a4c..9483ff4 100644
--- a/src/wfa.js
+++ b/src/wfa.js
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ export default function wfAlign (s1, s2, penalties, doCIGAR = false) {
 	}
 	let CIGAR = null;
 	if (doCIGAR) {
-		CIGAR = wfBacktrace(M, I, D, score, penalties, A_k, A_offset);
+		CIGAR = wfBacktrace(M, I, D, score, penalties, A_k, s1, s2);
 	}
 	return { score, CIGAR };
 }
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ function wfNext (M, I, D, score, penalties, do_traceback) {
 	}
 }
 
-function wfBacktrace (M, I, D, score, penalties, A_k) {
+function wfBacktrace (M, I, D, score, penalties, A_k, s1, s2) {
 	const traceback_CIGAR = ["I", "I", "D", "D", "X", "", "", ""];
 	const x = penalties.x;
 	const o = penalties.o;
@@ -327,5 +327,30 @@ function wfBacktrace (M, I, D, score, penalties, A_k) {
 			break;
 		}
 	}
-	return Array.from(CIGAR_rev).reverse().join("");
+	const CIGAR_part = Array.from(CIGAR_rev).reverse(); // still missing Match positions
+	let c = 0;
+	let i = 0;
+	let j = 0;
+	while (i < s1.length && j < s2.length) { // iterate through the strings to back-solve match positions
+		if (s1[i] === s2[j]) { // match, insert M and then increment c, i, j
+			CIGAR_part.splice(c, 0, "M");
+			c++;
+			i++;
+			j++;
+		}
+		else if (CIGAR_part[c] === "X") { // mismatch, increment c, i, j
+			c++;
+			i++;
+			j++;
+		}
+		else if (CIGAR_part[c] === "I") { // insertion of character to s1 to reach s2, increment c,j
+			c++;
+			j++;
+		}
+		else if (CIGAR_part[c] === "D") { // deletion of character from s1 to reach s2, increment c,i
+			c++;
+			i++;
+		}
+	}
+	return CIGAR_part.join("");
 }
diff --git a/tests/test.js b/tests/test.js
index 912bf7f..327de3e 100644
--- a/tests/test.js
+++ b/tests/test.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import wf_align from "../src/wfa.js";
+import wfAlign from "../src/wfa.js";
 import fs from "fs";
 import ProgressBar from "progress";
 
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ for (const test_name of Object.keys(data)) {
 		const s1 = sequences[i].replace(">");
 		const s2 = sequences[i + 1].replace("<");
 		const start = process.hrtime()[1];
-		const { score } = wf_align(s1, s2, penalties, false);
+		const { score } = wfAlign(s1, s2, penalties, false);
 		const elapsed = process.hrtime()[1] - start;
 		timePerChar.push((elapsed / 1e9) / (s1.length + s2.length));
 		const solution_score = Number(solutions[j].split("\t")[0]);