diff --git a/doc/src/conf.py b/doc/src/conf.py
index 2348512b8e6375d561e1758481e1fe7b0c63ff18..bcc5443bc845bc728c26adec63c4333d813fbaba 100644
--- a/doc/src/conf.py
+++ b/doc/src/conf.py
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ author = u'E. Bertin'
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '2.27.0'
+version = '2.27.1'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '2.27.0'
+release = '2.27.1'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ language = None
 # There are two options for replacing |today|: either, you set today to some
 # non-false value, then it is used:
 #
-today = 'Sat Feb 25 2023'
+today = 'Tue Mar 07 2023'
 #
 # Else, today_fmt is used as the format for a strftime call.
 #
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ html_theme_path = [sphinx_rtd_theme.get_html_theme_path()]
 # The name for this set of Sphinx documents.
 # "<project> v<release> documentation" by default.
 #
-# html_title = u'SExtractor v2.27.0'
+# html_title = u'SExtractor v2.27.1'
 
 # A shorter title for the navigation bar.  Default is the same as html_title.
 #
diff --git a/src/field.c b/src/field.c
index 5eb1f13642e4b567d07cf41800efa8d3362344a5..743adfdb2c5762dbff9b66ae96a2c5678304f7f3 100644
--- a/src/field.c
+++ b/src/field.c
@@ -70,23 +70,41 @@ picstruct	*newfield(char *filename, int flags, int ext)
   field->cat = cat;
   nok = 0;
   tab = cat->tab;
+#ifdef HAVE_CFITSIO
   if ((tab->isTileCompressed) ||
 	(tab->naxis >= 2
 	&& strncmp(tab->xtension, "BINTABLE", 8)
 	&& strncmp(tab->xtension, "ASCTABLE", 8)))
+#else
+  if (tab->isTileCompressed)
+    warning(BANNER " has been compiled without CFITSIO support: "
+	"compressed image skipped in ", filename);
+  if (tab->naxis >= 2
+	&& strncmp(tab->xtension, "BINTABLE", 8)
+	&& strncmp(tab->xtension, "ASCTABLE", 8))
+#endif
     nok++;
   ext2 = ext;
   for (ntab=cat->ntab; ext2-- && ntab--;)
     {
     tab=tab->nexttab;
+#ifdef HAVE_CFITSIO
     if ((tab->isTileCompressed) ||
-		(tab->naxis >= 2
+	(tab->naxis >= 2
 		&& strncmp(tab->xtension, "BINTABLE", 8)
 		&& strncmp(tab->xtension, "ASCTABLE", 8)))
+#else
+    if (tab->isTileCompressed)
+      warning(BANNER " has been compiled without CFITSIO support: "
+		"compressed image skipped in ", filename);
+    if (tab->naxis >= 2
+		&& strncmp(tab->xtension, "BINTABLE", 8)
+		&& strncmp(tab->xtension, "ASCTABLE", 8))
+#endif
       nok++;
     }
   if (!nok)
-    error(EXIT_FAILURE, "Not a valid FITS image in ",filename);
+    error(EXIT_FAILURE, "Not a valid FITS image in ", filename);
 
   field->tab = tab;
   if (ntab<0)
diff --git a/src/makeit.c b/src/makeit.c
index cf59f05abf7c2955995ec21fdc7a4be3b510bc7c..55c6c6b3d4f35e62104236aaa7df79319377e972 100644
--- a/src/makeit.c
+++ b/src/makeit.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 *	You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 *	along with SExtractor. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 *
-*	Last modified:		25/02/2023
+*	Last modified:		07/03/2023
 *
 *%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%*/
 
@@ -707,8 +707,8 @@ INPUT	Filename character string.
 OUTPUT	Extension number, or RETURN_ERROR if nos extension specified.
 NOTES	The bracket and its extension number are removed from the filename if
 	found.
-AUTHOR  E. Bertin (IAP)
-VERSION 23/09/2020
+AUTHOR  E. Bertin (CFHT/IAP)
+VERSION 07/03/2023
  ***/
 static int	selectext(char *filename)
   {
@@ -722,10 +722,6 @@ static int	selectext(char *filename)
       *bracr = '\0';
     next = strtol(bracl+1, NULL, 0);
 
-    // VERY BAD HACK to check if this is tile-compressed, if so, add +1 to extension number requested
-    if (strstr(filename, ".fits.fz") != NULL)
-      next++;
-
     return next;
     }