diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4502af8..596725a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,29 @@
-ramexample.root
+
+
+# Genomics data
+*.fastq
+*.fastq.gz
+*.fa
+*.fa.gz
+
+# BWA index files
+*.amb
+*.ann
+*.bwt
+*.pac
+*.sa
+
+# Output files
+*.sam
+*.ram
+*.root
+
+# Mac / temp
+.DS_Store
+
+# Accidental files
+* 2.*
+--help.ramramexample.root
 *.csv
 *.log
 *.perf
diff --git a/src/ramcore/SamToNTuple.cxx b/src/ramcore/SamToNTuple.cxx
index f6d9a78..166f315 100644
--- a/src/ramcore/SamToNTuple.cxx
+++ b/src/ramcore/SamToNTuple.cxx
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ void samtoramntuple_split_by_chromosome(const char *datafile, const char *output
       writeOptions.SetUseBufferedWrite(true);
 
       auto parallel_writer =
-         ROOT::Experimental::RNTupleParallelWriter::Recreate(std::move(model), "RAM", filename, writeOptions);
+         ROOT::RNTupleParallelWriter::Recreate(std::move(model), "RAM", filename, writeOptions);
 
       const int contexts_per_file = std::min(4, num_threads);
       const size_t records_per_context = (records.size() + contexts_per_file - 1) / contexts_per_file;
diff --git a/tools/samtoramntuple.cxx b/tools/samtoramntuple.cxx
index 55d0be1..4bb91a3 100644
--- a/tools/samtoramntuple.cxx
+++ b/tools/samtoramntuple.cxx
@@ -3,25 +3,30 @@
 #include <iostream>
 #include <string>
 #include <cstring>
+#include <Compression.h>
 
 int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
     if (argc < 2) {
        std::cout << "Usage: " << argv[0] << " <input.sam> [output]\n";
        std::cout << "Options:\n";
-       std::cout << "  -split       Split by chromosome\n";
-       std::cout << "  -noindex     Disable indexing\n";
-       std::cout << "  -illumina    Use Illumina quality binning\n";
-       std::cout << "  -dropqual    Drop quality scores\n";
+       std::cout << "  -split            Split by chromosome\n";
+       std::cout << "  -noindex          Disable indexing\n";
+       std::cout << "  -illumina         Use Illumina quality binning\n";
+       std::cout << "  -dropqual         Drop quality scores\n";
+       std::cout << "  --compression A   Compression algorithm: zstd (default), lz4, lzma, zlib\n";
+       std::cout << "  --level N         Compression level 1-19 (default 5)\n";
        return 1;
     }
-    
+
     const char* input = argv[1];
     const char* output = nullptr;
 
     bool do_split = false;
     bool do_index = true;
     uint32_t quality_mode = RAMNTupleRecord::kPhred33;
-    
+    int compression_algo  = ROOT::RCompressionSetting::EAlgorithm::EValues::kZSTD;
+    int compression_level = 5;
+
     for (int i = 2; i < argc; i++) {
         std::string arg = argv[i];
         if (arg == "-split") {
@@ -32,11 +37,31 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
            quality_mode = RAMNTupleRecord::kIlluminaBinning;
         } else if (arg == "-dropqual") {
            quality_mode = RAMNTupleRecord::kDrop;
+        } else if (arg == "--compression" && i + 1 < argc) {
+           std::string val = argv[++i];
+           if      (val == "zstd" || val == "ZSTD") compression_algo = ROOT::RCompressionSetting::EAlgorithm::EValues::kZSTD;
+           else if (val == "lz4"  || val == "LZ4")  compression_algo = ROOT::RCompressionSetting::EAlgorithm::EValues::kLZ4;
+           else if (val == "lzma" || val == "LZMA") compression_algo = ROOT::RCompressionSetting::EAlgorithm::EValues::kLZMA;
+           else if (val == "zlib" || val == "ZLIB") compression_algo = ROOT::RCompressionSetting::EAlgorithm::EValues::kZLIB;
+           else {
+              std::cerr << "Unknown compression algorithm: " << val
+                        << ". Valid: zstd, lz4, lzma, zlib\n";
+              return 1;
+           }
+        } else if (arg == "--level" && i + 1 < argc) {
+           compression_level = std::atoi(argv[++i]);
+           if (compression_level < 1 || compression_level > 19) {
+              std::cerr << "Compression level must be 1-19\n";
+              return 1;
+           }
         } else if (arg[0] != '-') {
            output = argv[i];
         }
     }
 
+    // ROOT compression setting format: level * 100 + algorithm_id
+    int compression_setting = compression_level * 100 + compression_algo;
+
     std::string outfile;
     if (!output) {
        outfile = std::string(input);
@@ -49,19 +74,18 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
 
     try {
        if (do_split) {
-          samtoramntuple_split_by_chromosome(input, output, 505, quality_mode, 4);
+          samtoramntuple_split_by_chromosome(input, output, compression_setting, quality_mode, 4);
        } else {
           std::string ramfile = std::string(output);
           if (ramfile.find(".root") == std::string::npos && ramfile.find(".ram") == std::string::npos) {
              ramfile += ".ram";
           }
-          samtoramntuple(input, ramfile.c_str(), do_index, true, true, 505, quality_mode);
+          samtoramntuple(input, ramfile.c_str(), do_index, true, true, compression_setting, quality_mode);
        }
     } catch (const std::exception& e) {
         std::cerr << "Error: " << e.what() << std::endl;
         return 1;
     }
-    
-    return 0;
-}
 
+    return 0;
+}
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