Index: trunk/ppSub/src/ppSubReadout.c
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--- trunk/ppSub/src/ppSubReadout.c	(revision 18591)
+++ trunk/ppSub/src/ppSubReadout.c	(revision 18612)
@@ -243,4 +243,11 @@
                          "ALTERED break point for psphot operations", "PSFMODEL");
 
+        // set maskValue and markValue in the psphot recipe
+        psMaskType maskValue = pmConfigMaskGet("BLANK", config); // Bits to mask
+        psMaskType markValue = pmConfigMaskGet("MARK.VALUE", config); // Bits to use for marking
+        psMetadataAddU8(recipe, PS_LIST_TAIL, "MASK.PSPHOT", PS_META_REPLACE, "Bits to mask", maskValue);
+        psMetadataAddU8(recipe, PS_LIST_TAIL, "MARK.PSPHOT", PS_META_REPLACE, "Bits to use for marking",
+                        markValue);
+
         if (!psphotReadout(config, view)) {
             psWarning("Unable to perform photometry on subtracted image.");