diff --git a/build/lib/liqa_src/liqa.py b/build/lib/liqa_src/liqa.py
index c8fb1f9..a8e1e88 100644
--- a/build/lib/liqa_src/liqa.py
+++ b/build/lib/liqa_src/liqa.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ def main():
     crtAbsPath = os.getcwd()
 
     task = ""
-    taskList = ["refgene", "quantify", "diff"]
+    taskList = ["refgene", "quantify", "diff", "novel"]
     for i in range(1,len(sys.argv)):
         if sys.argv[i] == "-task" and len(sys.argv)!=i+1:
             task = sys.argv[i+1]
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ def main():
         print("\trefgene:   preprocess reference file\n")
         print("\tquantify:   quantify isoform expression\n")
         print("\tdiff:   detect differential splicing gene/isoform\n")
-
+        print("\tnovel:   detect novel isoform\n")
+        
     if task == "refgene":
         validArgList = ["-task", "-ref", "-format", "-out"]
         addAbsPath = [0, 1, 0, 3]
@@ -38,6 +39,18 @@ def main():
         else:
             print("Please specify reference file format: gtf/ucsc")
 
+    if task == "novel":
+        validArgList = ["-task", "-ref", "-bamlist", "-out"]
+        addAbsPath = [0, 1, 1, 3]
+        message = "liqa -task novel -ref <reference_file> -bamlist <list of bam file> -out <output_file>"
+        inputs = my.parse_argument(validArgList, addAbsPath, message)
+        refFile = inputs[1]
+        bamList = inputs[2]
+        outFile = inputs[3]
+
+        myCommand = "perl " + fileAbsPath + "/detect.pl -r " + refFile + " -o " + outFile + " -b " + bamList
+        os.system(myCommand)
+            
     if task == "quantify":
         validArgList = ["-task", "-refgene", "-bam", "-out", "-max_distance", "-f_weight"]
         addAbsPath = [0, 1, 1, 3, 0, 0]
diff --git a/dist/liqa-1.1.3-py3-none-any.whl b/dist/liqa-1.1.3-py3-none-any.whl
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diff --git a/example/.pg_xattr b/example/.pg_xattr
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..777a33b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/.pg_xattr
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+
+example.pgbam:883420:user.PetaGene.internals.decompressed=SF:10100046;M:2229132
+example.pgbam:883420:DONE
diff --git a/example/example.bam b/example/example.bam
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diff --git a/example/example.bam b/example/example.bam
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index 0000000..84587df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/example.bam
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+example.pgbam.#.bam
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/example/example.bam.bai b/example/example.bam.bai
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index 0000000..e7dcb41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/example.bam.bai
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/mnt/isilon/wang_lab/huyu/bin/liqa/LIQA/example/example.pgbai.#.bai
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/example/example.pgbai b/example/example.pgbai
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diff --git a/liqa.egg-info/PKG-INFO b/liqa.egg-info/PKG-INFO
index eee6d8f..ad55151 100644
--- a/liqa.egg-info/PKG-INFO
+++ b/liqa.egg-info/PKG-INFO
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 Metadata-Version: 2.1
 Name: liqa
-Version: 1.1.22
+Version: 1.1.3
 Summary: A statistical tool to quantify isoform-specific expression using long-read RNA-seq
 Home-page: https://github.com/WGLab/LIQA
 Author: Yu Hu
 Author-email: huyu999999@gmail.com
 License: MIT
-Platform: UNKNOWN
 Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
 Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License
 Classifier: Operating System :: OS Independent
@@ -44,5 +43,3 @@ If you have any questions/issues/bugs, please post them on [GitHub](https://gith
 ## Citation
 
 Yu Hu, Li Fang, Xuelian Chen, Jiang F. Zhong, Mingyao Li, Kai Wang. LIQA: Long-read Isoform Quantification and Analysis. 2020. bioRxiv doi: [https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.09.09.289793](https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.09.09.289793v1)
-
-
diff --git a/liqa.egg-info/entry_points.txt b/liqa.egg-info/entry_points.txt
index e7c677c..56d7991 100644
--- a/liqa.egg-info/entry_points.txt
+++ b/liqa.egg-info/entry_points.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 [console_scripts]
 liqa = liqa_src.liqa:main
-
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a9d0979..a2aef6c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name="liqa",
-    version="1.1.22",
+    version="1.1.3",
     author="Yu Hu",
     author_email="huyu999999@gmail.com",
     description="A statistical tool to quantify isoform-specific expression using long-read RNA-seq",