diff --git a/scripts/cellranger_config.py b/scripts/cellranger_config.py
index 801ea70..73e20ac 100644
--- a/scripts/cellranger_config.py
+++ b/scripts/cellranger_config.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 }
 
 # cellranger command line options
-OPTIONS = " --nopreflight --jobmode=lsf --mempercore=64 --disable-ui --maxjobs=200"
+OPTIONS = " --create-bam=true --nopreflight --jobmode=lsf --mempercore=64 --disable-ui --maxjobs=200"
 
 # 10X recipe list for different pipelines
 COUNT_FLAVORS = ["10X_Genomics_GeneExpression-3", "10X_Genomics_GeneExpression-5"]