diff --git a/src/fast_align.cc b/src/fast_align.cc
index 637af26..07ca495 100644
--- a/src/fast_align.cc
+++ b/src/fast_align.cc
@@ -483,6 +483,8 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
         }
       }
       tlp += log_prob;
+      cout <<"x";
+      cout << log_prob;
       cout << " ||| " << log_prob << endl << flush;
     } // loop over test set sentences
     cerr << "TOTAL LOG PROB " << tlp << endl;
diff --git a/src/force_align.py b/src/force_align.py
index 7eba63c..0c9d19d 100755
--- a/src/force_align.py
+++ b/src/force_align.py
@@ -30,12 +30,17 @@ def align(self, line):
         self.fwd_align.stdin.write('{}\n'.format(line))
         self.rev_align.stdin.write('{}\n'.format(line))
         # f words ||| e words ||| links ||| score
-        fwd_line = self.fwd_align.stdout.readline().split('|||')[2].strip()
-        rev_line = self.rev_align.stdout.readline().split('|||')[2].strip()
+        f = self.fwd_align.stdout.readline().split('|||')[2].strip().split('x')
+        fwd_line = f[0]
+        fwd_score =float(f[1])
+        r = self.rev_align.stdout.readline().split('|||')[2].strip().split('x')
+        rev_line = r[0]
+        rev_score = float(r[1])
+        global_score = (fwd_score+rev_score)/2
         self.tools.stdin.write('{}\n'.format(fwd_line))
         self.tools.stdin.write('{}\n'.format(rev_line))
         al_line = self.tools.stdout.readline().strip()
-        return al_line
+        return al_line, global_score
  
     def close(self):
         self.fwd_align.stdin.close()
@@ -83,7 +88,7 @@ def main():
         line = sys.stdin.readline()
         if not line:
             break
-        sys.stdout.write('{}\n'.format(aligner.align(line.strip())))
+        sys.stdout.write('{} |{}\n'.format(aligner.align(line.strip())[0],aligner.align(line.strip())[1]))
         sys.stdout.flush()
 
     aligner.close()