diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 65ec5d3..964622a 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ GoldRush iterates through the input long reads to produce a "golden path" of rea
 2. **[GoldPolish](https://github.com/bcgsc/goldpolish)** (aka GoldRush-Edit): polishing the genome
 3. **[Tigmint-long](https://github.com/bcgsc/tigmint)**: correcting the genome
 4. **[GoldChain](https://github.com/bcgsc/ntlink)** (aka GoldRush-Link): scaffolding the genome
-
+5. **[GoldPolish-Target](https://github.com/bcgsc/goldpolish)**: targeted polishing the genome
 
 
 ## Credits
@@ -37,51 +37,50 @@ goldrush run reads=reads G=gsize
 
         Commands:
 
-        run                     run default GoldRush pipeline: GoldRush-Path + Polisher (GoldPolish by default) + Tigmint-long + ntLink (
-default 5 rounds)
-        goldrush-path           run GoldRush-Path
-        path-polish             run GoldRush-Path, then GoldPolish
-        path-tigmint            run GoldRush-Path, then GoldPolish, then Tigmint-long
-        path-tigmint-ntLink     run GoldRush-Path, then GoldPolish, then Tigmint-long, then ntLink (default 5 rounds)
+        run                             run default GoldRush pipeline: GoldRush-Path + Polisher (GoldPolish by default) + Tigmint-long + ntLink (default 5 rounds) + GoldPolish-Target
+        goldrush-path                   run GoldRush-Path
+        path-polish                     run GoldRush-Path, then GoldPolish
+        path-tigmint                    run GoldRush-Path, then GoldPolish, then Tigmint-long
+        path-tigmint-ntLink             run GoldRush-Path, then GoldPolish, then Tigmint-long, then ntLink (default 5 rounds)
+        path-tigmint-ntLink-target      run GoldRush-Path, then GoldPolish, then Tigmint-long, then ntLink (default 5 rounds), then GoldPolish-Target
 
         General options (required):
-        reads                   read name [reads]. File must have .fq or .fastq extension, but do not include the suffix in the supplied read name
-        G                       haploid genome size (bp) (e.g. '3e9' for human genome)
+        reads                           read name [reads]. File must have .fq or .fastq extension, but do not include the suffix in the supplied read name
+        G                               haploid genome size (bp) (e.g. '3e9' for human genome)
 
         General options (optional):
-        t                       number of threads [48]
-        z                       minimum size of contig (bp) to scaffold [1000]
-        track_time              If 1 then track the run time and memory usage, if 0 then don't [0]
+        t                               number of threads [48]
+        z                               minimum size of contig (bp) to scaffold [1000]
+        track_time                      If 1 then track the run time and memory usage, if 0 then don't [0]
 
         GoldRush-Path options:
-        k                       base k value to generate hash [22]
-        w                       weight of spaced seed (number of 1's) [16]
-        tile                    tile size [1000]
-        b                       during insertion, number of consecutive tiles to be inserted with the same ID [10]
-        u                       minimum number of unassigned tiles for the read to be considered unassigned [5]
-        a                       maximum number of tiles that can be assigned, minimum number of overlapping tiles kept after trimming [1]
-        o                       occupancy of the miBF [0.1]
-        x                       threshold for number of hits in miBF for a given frame to be considered assigned [10]
-        h                       number of seed patterns to use [3]
-        m                       minimum read length [20000]
-        M                       maximum number of silver paths to generate [5]
-        r                       ratio of full genome in golden path [0.9]
-        P                       minimum average phred score for each read [15]
-        d                       remove reads with greater or equal than d difference between average phred quality of first half and second half of the read [5]
-        p                       prefix to use for the output paths [goldrush_asm]
+        k                               base k value to generate hash [22]
+        w                               weight of spaced seed (number of 1's) [16]
+        tile                            tile size [1000]
+        b                               during insertion, number of consecutive tiles to be inserted with the same ID [10]
+        u                               minimum number of unassigned tiles for the read to be considered unassigned [5]
+        a                               maximum number of tiles that can be assigned, minimum number of overlapping tiles kept after trimming [1]
+        o                               occupancy of the miBF [0.1]
+        x                               threshold for number of hits in miBF for a given frame to be considered assigned [10]
+        h                               number of seed patterns to use [3]
+        m                               minimum read length [20000]
+        M                               maximum number of silver paths to generate [5]
+        r                               ratio of full genome in golden path [0.9]
+        P                               minimum average phred score for each read [15]
+        d                               remove reads with greater or equal than d difference between average phred quality of first half and second half of the read [5]
+        p                               prefix to use for the output paths [goldrush_asm]
 
         Tigmint-long options:
-        span                    min number of spanning molecules [2]
-        dist                    maximum distance between alignments to be considered the same molecule [500]
+        span                            min number of spanning molecules [2]
+        dist                            maximum distance between alignments to be considered the same molecule [500]
 
         ntLink options:
-        k_ntLink                k-mer size for minimizers [40]
-        w_ntLink                window size for minimizers [250]
-        rounds                  number of rounds of ntLink [5]
+        k_ntLink                        k-mer size for minimizers [40]
+        w_ntLink                        window size for minimizers [250]
+        rounds                          number of rounds of ntLink [5]
 
         GoldPolish options:
-        polisher_mapper         Whether to use ntlink or minimap2 for mappings [minimap2]
-        shared_mem		Shared memory path where polishing occurs [/dev/shm]
+        shared_mem		        Shared memory path where polishing occurs [/dev/shm]
 
 Notes:
         - GoldRush-Path generates silver paths before generating the golden path
@@ -143,6 +142,8 @@ GoldRush has been tested on *Linux* operating systems (centOS7, ubuntu-20.04)
  * [Tigmint 1.2.6+](https://github.com/bcgsc/tigmint)
  * [ntLink 1.3.3+](https://github.com/bcgsc/ntlink)
  * [minimap2](https://github.com/lh3/minimap2)
+ * [snakemake](https://github.com/snakemake/snakemake)
+ * [intervaltree](https://github.com/chaimleib/intervaltree) 
 
 ## Installation
 ### Installing using conda:
diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index 73285ff..3b2dadc 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
   - script: |
       source activate goldrush_CI
       conda install --yes -c conda-forge mamba python=3.10 
-      mamba install --yes -c conda-forge -c bioconda compilers meson gperftools sdsl-lite boost-cpp sparsehash btllib libdivsufsort minimap2 tigmint ntlink miller  
+      mamba install --yes -c conda-forge -c bioconda compilers meson gperftools sdsl-lite boost-cpp sparsehash btllib libdivsufsort minimap2 tigmint ntlink miller snakemake intervaltree  
     displayName: Install dependencies
   - script: |
       source activate goldrush_CI
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ jobs:
     displayName: Create Anaconda environment
   - script: |
       source activate goldrush_CI
-      conda install --yes -c conda-forge mamba python=3.10
-      mamba install --yes -c conda-forge -c bioconda compilers meson gperftools sdsl-lite boost-cpp sparsehash btllib libdivsufsort minimap2 tigmint ntlink miller 
+      conda install --yes -c conda-forge mamba=1.5.10 python=3.10
+      mamba install --yes -c conda-forge -c bioconda compilers meson gperftools sdsl-lite boost-cpp sparsehash btllib libdivsufsort minimap2 tigmint ntlink miller snakemake intervaltree 
     displayName: Install dependencies
   - script: |
       source activate goldrush_CI
diff --git a/bin/goldrush b/bin/goldrush
index b8da7ba..895b2c6 100755
--- a/bin/goldrush
+++ b/bin/goldrush
@@ -87,6 +87,12 @@ cut=250
 k_ntLink=40
 w_ntLink=250
 rounds=5
+soft_mask=True
+
+# Default GoldPolish-Target parameters
+target_flank_length=64
+target_k_ntlink=88
+target_w_ntlink=1000
 
 # Development mode - retains intermediate files. Specify dev=True to enable.
 dev=False
@@ -139,12 +145,13 @@ help:
 	@echo ""
 	@echo "	Commands:"
 	@echo ""
-	@echo "	run			run default GoldRush pipeline: GoldRush-Path + Polisher (GoldPolish by default) + Tigmint-long + ntLink (default 5 rounds)"
+	@echo "	run				run default GoldRush pipeline: GoldRush-Path + Polisher (GoldPolish by default) + Tigmint-long + ntLink (default 5 rounds) + GoldPolish-Target"
 	@echo ""
-	@echo "	goldrush-path		run GoldRush-Path"
-	@echo "	path-polish		run GoldRush-Path, then $(polisher_logs)"
-	@echo "	path-tigmint		run GoldRush-Path, then $(polisher_logs), then Tigmint-long"
-	@echo "	path-tigmint-ntLink	run GoldRush-Path, then $(polisher_logs), then Tigmint-long, then ntLink (default 5 rounds)"
+	@echo "	goldrush-path			run GoldRush-Path"
+	@echo "	path-polish			run GoldRush-Path, then $(polisher_logs)"
+	@echo "	path-tigmint			run GoldRush-Path, then $(polisher_logs), then Tigmint-long"
+	@echo "	path-tigmint-ntLin		run GoldRush-Path, then $(polisher_logs), then Tigmint-long, then ntLink (default 5 rounds)"
+	@echo "	path-tigmint-ntLink-target	run GoldRush-Path, then $(polisher_logs), then Tigmint-long, then ntLink (default 5 rounds), then GoldPolish-Target"
 	@echo ""
 	@echo "	General options (required):"
 	@echo "	reads			read name [reads]. File must have .fq or .fastq extension, but do not include the suffix in the supplied read name"
@@ -182,7 +189,6 @@ help:
 	@echo "	rounds			number of rounds of ntLink [$(rounds)]"
 	@echo ""
 	@echo "	GoldPolish options:"
-	@echo "	polisher_mapper		Whether to use ntlink or minimap2 for mappings [$(polisher_mapper)]"
 	@echo "	shared_mem		Shared memory path where polishing occurs [/dev/shm] "
 	@echo ""
 	@echo "Notes:"
@@ -205,14 +211,15 @@ run:
 	ln -sf $(prefix)/$(p2).$(polished_infix).fa
 	ln -sf $(prefix)/$(p2).$(polished_infix).span$(span).dist$(dist).tigmint.fa
 	ln -sf $(prefix)/$(p2).$(polished_infix).span$(span).dist$(dist).tigmint.fa.k$(k_ntLink).w$(w_ntLink).ntLink-$(rounds)rounds.fa
+	ln -sf $(prefix)/$(p2).$(polished_infix).span$(span).dist$(dist).tigmint.fa.k$(k_ntLink).w$(w_ntLink).ntLink-$(rounds)rounds.polished.fa
 	echo "You can find intermediate files and the outputs for each GoldRush stage within the $(prefix) subdirectory."
-	echo "A soft link to your final assembly is available at: $(p2).$(polished_infix).span$(span).dist$(dist).tigmint.fa.k$(k_ntLink).w$(w_ntLink).ntLink-$(rounds)rounds.fa"
+	echo "A soft link to your final assembly is available at: $(p2).$(polished_infix).span$(span).dist$(dist).tigmint.fa.k$(k_ntLink).w$(w_ntLink).ntLink-$(rounds)rounds.polished.fa"
 
-run-in-dir: path-tigmint-ntLink check-G check-reads clean
+run-in-dir: path-tigmint-ntLink-target check-G check-reads clean
 path-polish: $(polisher) check-G check-reads clean
 path-tigmint: tigmint check-G check-reads clean
-
 path-tigmint-ntLink: ntLink_all_rounds ntLink_softlink clean
+path-tigmint-ntLink-target: goldpolish_target clean
 
 check-G:
 ifndef G
@@ -225,7 +232,6 @@ ifeq ($(long_reads),)
 	$(error $(ERROR_MESSAGE))
 endif
 
-
 # Run GoldRush-Path
 goldrush-path: $(p2).fa check-G check-reads clean
 
@@ -282,13 +288,19 @@ $(p2).$(polished_infix).span$(span).dist$(dist).tigmint.fa: $(p2).$(polished_inf
 ntLink_all_rounds: $(p2).$(polished_infix).span$(span).dist$(dist).tigmint.fa.k$(k_ntLink).w$(w_ntLink).z$z.ntLink.gap_fill.$(rounds)rounds.fa check-G check-reads
 
 %.fa.k$(k_ntLink).w$(w_ntLink).z$z.ntLink.gap_fill.$(rounds)rounds.fa: %.fa $(long_reads)
-	$(time) ntLink_rounds run_rounds_gaps target=$< t=$t k=$(k_ntLink) w=$(w_ntLink) z=$z rounds=$(rounds) reads=$(long_reads)
+	$(time) ntLink_rounds run_rounds_gaps target=$< t=$t k=$(k_ntLink) w=$(w_ntLink) z=$z soft_mask=$(soft_mask) rounds=$(rounds) reads=$(long_reads)
 ifneq ($(dev), True)
-	ntLink_rounds clean target=$< t=$t k=$(k_ntLink) w=$(w_ntLink) z=$z rounds=$(rounds) reads=$(long_reads)
+	ntLink_rounds clean target=$< t=$t k=$(k_ntLink) w=$(w_ntLink) z=$z soft_mask=$(soft_mask) rounds=$(rounds) reads=$(long_reads)
 endif
 
 ntLink_softlink: $(p2).$(polished_infix).span$(span).dist$(dist).tigmint.fa.k$(k_ntLink).w$(w_ntLink).ntLink-$(rounds)rounds.fa check-G check-reads
 
 %.k$(k_ntLink).w$(w_ntLink).ntLink-$(rounds)rounds.fa: %.k$(k_ntLink).w$(w_ntLink).z$z.ntLink.gap_fill.$(rounds)rounds.fa
 	ln -sf $(lastword $^) $@
-	echo "Done GoldRush-Path + $(polisher_logs) + Tigmint-long + $(rounds) ntLink rounds! Your final assembly can be found in: $@"
+	echo "Done GoldRush-Path + $(polisher_logs) + Tigmint-long + $(rounds) ntLink rounds! Your post-ntLink assembly can be found in: $@"
+
+# Run GoldPolish-Target after ntLink rounds
+goldpolish_target: $(p2).$(polished_infix).span$(span).dist$(dist).tigmint.fa.k$(k_ntLink).w$(w_ntLink).ntLink-$(rounds)rounds.polished.fa check-G check-reads
+%.k$(k_ntLink).w$(w_ntLink).ntLink-$(rounds)rounds.polished.fa: %.k$(k_ntLink).w$(w_ntLink).ntLink-$(rounds)rounds.fa
+	$(time) goldpolish --target --k-ntlink $(target_k_ntlink) --w-ntlink $(target_w_ntlink) -l $(target_flank_length) $< $(long_reads) $@
+	echo "Done GoldRush-Path + $(polisher_logs) + Tigmint-long + $(rounds) ntLink rounds + GoldPolish-Target! Your final assembly can be found in: $@"
diff --git a/subprojects/.DS_Store b/subprojects/.DS_Store
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6abb19a
Binary files /dev/null and b/subprojects/.DS_Store differ
diff --git a/subprojects/goldpolish b/subprojects/goldpolish
index 7051db4..3dc7e8a 160000
--- a/subprojects/goldpolish
+++ b/subprojects/goldpolish
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 7051db478f7874bf600b0f183c727596a8646793
+Subproject commit 3dc7e8a040220c23e30dc50b4fd28ebd4b4e9e20
diff --git a/tests/goldrush_test_demo.sh b/tests/goldrush_test_demo.sh
index 40283e3..2b46499 100755
--- a/tests/goldrush_test_demo.sh
+++ b/tests/goldrush_test_demo.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ goldrush run reads=test_reads G=1e6 t=4 p=goldrush_test  -B
 
 l50=$(abyss-fac goldrush_test_golden_path.goldpolish-polished.span2.dist500.tigmint.fa.k40.w250.ntLink-5rounds.fa |awk '{print $3}' |tail -n1)
 
-if [ -e goldrush_test_golden_path.goldpolish-polished.span2.dist500.tigmint.fa.k40.w250.ntLink-5rounds.fa ] && [ ${l50} -eq 1 ]; then
+if [ -e goldrush_test_golden_path.goldpolish-polished.span2.dist500.tigmint.fa.k40.w250.ntLink-5rounds.polished.fa ] && [ ${l50} -eq 1 ]; then
   echo -e "\nTest successful!"
 else
   echo -e "\nTest failed - please check your installation"