Index: trunk/ppImage/src/ppImageSetMaskBits.c
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--- trunk/ppImage/src/ppImageSetMaskBits.c	(revision 18556)
+++ trunk/ppImage/src/ppImageSetMaskBits.c	(revision 21183)
@@ -38,6 +38,6 @@
 
     // set maskValue and markValue in the psphot recipe
-    psMetadataAddU8 (recipe, PS_LIST_TAIL, "MASK.PSPHOT", PS_META_REPLACE, "user-defined mask", options->maskValue);
-    psMetadataAddU8 (recipe, PS_LIST_TAIL, "MARK.PSPHOT", PS_META_REPLACE, "user-defined mask", options->markValue);
+    psMetadataAddImageMask (recipe, PS_LIST_TAIL, "MASK.PSPHOT", PS_META_REPLACE, "user-defined mask", options->maskValue);
+    psMetadataAddImageMask (recipe, PS_LIST_TAIL, "MARK.PSPHOT", PS_META_REPLACE, "user-defined mask", options->markValue);
 
     return true;