diff --git a/modules/samtools/bamtocram/main.nf b/modules/samtools/convert/main.nf
similarity index 59%
rename from modules/samtools/bamtocram/main.nf
rename to modules/samtools/convert/main.nf
index b49c308f..a7ec1bda 100644
--- a/modules/samtools/bamtocram/main.nf
+++ b/modules/samtools/convert/main.nf
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-//There is a -L option to only output alignments in interval, might be an option for exons/panel data?
-process SAMTOOLS_BAMTOCRAM {
+process SAMTOOLS_CONVERT {
     tag "$meta.id"
     label 'process_medium'
 
@@ -14,8 +13,9 @@ process SAMTOOLS_BAMTOCRAM {
     path  fai
 
     output:
-    tuple val(meta), path("*.cram"), path("*.crai"), emit: cram_crai
-    path  "versions.yml"                           , emit: versions
+    tuple val(meta), path("*.cram"), path("*.crai") , emit: cram_crai, optional: true
+    tuple val(meta), path("*.bam"), path("*.bai")   , emit: bam_bai, optional:true
+    path  "versions.yml"                            , emit: versions
 
     when:
     task.ext.when == null || task.ext.when
@@ -23,9 +23,17 @@ process SAMTOOLS_BAMTOCRAM {
     script:
     def args = task.ext.args  ?: ''
     def prefix = task.ext.prefix ?: "${meta.id}"
+    def file_type = input.getExtension() == "bam" ? "cram" : "bam"
+
     """
-    samtools view --threads ${task.cpus} --reference ${fasta} -C $args $input > ${prefix}.cram
-    samtools index -@${task.cpus} ${prefix}.cram
+    samtools view \\
+        --threads ${task.cpus} \\
+        --reference ${fasta} \\
+        $args \\
+        $input \\
+        -o ${prefix}.${file_type}
+
+    samtools index -@${task.cpus} ${prefix}.${file_type}
 
     cat <<-END_VERSIONS > versions.yml
     "${task.process}":
diff --git a/modules/samtools/bamtocram/meta.yml b/modules/samtools/convert/meta.yml
similarity index 84%
rename from modules/samtools/bamtocram/meta.yml
rename to modules/samtools/convert/meta.yml
index 037704c6..506febb6 100644
--- a/modules/samtools/bamtocram/meta.yml
+++ b/modules/samtools/convert/meta.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-name: samtools_bamtocram
-description: filter/convert and then index CRAM file
+name: samtools_convert
+description: convert and then index CRAM -> BAM or BAM -> CRAM file
 keywords:
   - view
   - index
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@ input:
         e.g. [ id:'test', single_end:false ]
   - input:
       type: file
-      description: BAM/SAM file
-      pattern: "*.{bam,sam}"
+      description: BAM/CRAM file
+      pattern: "*.{bam,cram}"
   - index:
       type: file
-      description: BAM/SAM index file
-      pattern: "*.{bai,sai}"
+      description: BAM/CRAM index file
+      pattern: "*.{bai,crai}"
   - fasta:
       type: file
       description: Reference file to create the CRAM file
diff --git a/tests/config/pytest_modules.yml b/tests/config/pytest_modules.yml
index ec7fc321..53aa44b9 100644
--- a/tests/config/pytest_modules.yml
+++ b/tests/config/pytest_modules.yml
@@ -1631,9 +1631,9 @@ samtools/bam2fq:
   - modules/samtools/bam2fq/**
   - tests/modules/samtools/bam2fq/**
 
-samtools/bamtocram:
-  - modules/samtools/bamtocram/**
-  - tests/modules/samtools/bamtocram/**
+samtools/convert:
+  - modules/samtools/convert/**
+  - tests/modules/samtools/convert/**
 
 samtools/collatefastq:
   - modules/samtools/collatefastq/**
diff --git a/tests/modules/samtools/bamtocram/main.nf b/tests/modules/samtools/bamtocram/main.nf
deleted file mode 100644
index b1743310..00000000
--- a/tests/modules/samtools/bamtocram/main.nf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env nextflow
-
-nextflow.enable.dsl = 2
-
-include { SAMTOOLS_BAMTOCRAM } from '../../../../modules/samtools/bamtocram/main.nf'
-
-workflow test_samtools_bamtocram {
-
-    input = [ [ id:'test', single_end:false ], // meta map
-                file(params.test_data['sarscov2']['illumina']['test_paired_end_sorted_bam'], checkIfExists: true),
-                file(params.test_data['sarscov2']['illumina']['test_paired_end_sorted_bam_bai'], checkIfExists: true)]
-
-    fasta = file(params.test_data['sarscov2']['genome']['genome_fasta'], checkIfExists: true)
-    fai   = file(params.test_data['sarscov2']['genome']['genome_fasta_fai'], checkIfExists: true)
-
-    SAMTOOLS_BAMTOCRAM ( input, fasta, fai )
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/modules/samtools/bamtocram/nextflow.config b/tests/modules/samtools/bamtocram/nextflow.config
deleted file mode 100644
index 8730f1c4..00000000
--- a/tests/modules/samtools/bamtocram/nextflow.config
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-process {
-
-    publishDir = { "${params.outdir}/${task.process.tokenize(':')[-1].tokenize('_')[0].toLowerCase()}" }
-
-}
diff --git a/tests/modules/samtools/bamtocram/test.yml b/tests/modules/samtools/bamtocram/test.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3cb82902..00000000
--- a/tests/modules/samtools/bamtocram/test.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-- name: samtools bamtocram test_samtools_bamtocram
-  command: nextflow run ./tests/modules/samtools/bamtocram -entry test_samtools_bamtocram -c ./tests/config/nextflow.config -c ./tests/modules/samtools/bamtocram/nextflow.config
-  tags:
-    - samtools/bamtocram
-    - samtools
-  files:
-    - path: output/samtools/test.cram
-    - path: output/samtools/test.cram.crai
-    - path: output/samtools/versions.yml
diff --git a/tests/modules/samtools/convert/main.nf b/tests/modules/samtools/convert/main.nf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..01bdfe7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/modules/samtools/convert/main.nf
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env nextflow
+
+nextflow.enable.dsl = 2
+
+include { SAMTOOLS_CONVERT as SAMTOOLS_BAMTOCRAM } from '../../../../modules/samtools/convert/main.nf'
+include { SAMTOOLS_CONVERT as SAMTOOLS_CRAMTOBAM } from '../../../../modules/samtools/convert/main.nf'
+
+workflow test_samtools_convert_bamtocram {
+
+    input = [ [ id:'test', single_end:false ], // meta map
+                file(params.test_data['sarscov2']['illumina']['test_paired_end_sorted_bam'], checkIfExists: true),
+                file(params.test_data['sarscov2']['illumina']['test_paired_end_sorted_bam_bai'], checkIfExists: true)]
+
+    fasta = file(params.test_data['sarscov2']['genome']['genome_fasta'], checkIfExists: true)
+    fai   = file(params.test_data['sarscov2']['genome']['genome_fasta_fai'], checkIfExists: true)
+
+    SAMTOOLS_BAMTOCRAM ( input, fasta, fai )
+}
+
+workflow test_samtools_convert_cramtobam {
+
+    input = [ [ id:'test', single_end:false ], // meta map
+                file(params.test_data['homo_sapiens']['illumina']['test_paired_end_recalibrated_sorted_cram'], checkIfExists: true),
+                file(params.test_data['homo_sapiens']['illumina']['test_paired_end_recalibrated_sorted_cram_crai'], checkIfExists: true)
+            ]
+
+    fasta = file(params.test_data['homo_sapiens']['genome']['genome_fasta'], checkIfExists: true)
+    fai   = file(params.test_data['homo_sapiens']['genome']['genome_fasta_fai'], checkIfExists: true)
+
+    SAMTOOLS_CRAMTOBAM ( input, fasta, fai )
+}
diff --git a/tests/modules/samtools/convert/nextflow.config b/tests/modules/samtools/convert/nextflow.config
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4f1e83f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/modules/samtools/convert/nextflow.config
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+process {
+
+    publishDir = { "${params.outdir}/${task.process.tokenize(':')[-1].tokenize('_')[0].toLowerCase()}" }
+
+    withName:SAMTOOLS_BAMTOCRAM{
+        ext.args = "-C"
+    }
+
+    withName:SAMTOOLS_CRAMTOBAM{
+        ext.args = "-b"
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/modules/samtools/convert/test.yml b/tests/modules/samtools/convert/test.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..979f36ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/modules/samtools/convert/test.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+- name: samtools convert test_samtools_convert_bamtocram
+  command: nextflow run tests/modules/samtools/convert -entry test_samtools_convert_bamtocram -c tests/config/nextflow.config
+  tags:
+    - samtools
+    - samtools/convert
+  files:
+    - path: output/samtools/test.cram
+    - path: output/samtools/test.cram.crai
+    - path: output/samtools/versions.yml
+
+- name: samtools convert test_samtools_convert_cramtobam
+  command: nextflow run tests/modules/samtools/convert -entry test_samtools_convert_cramtobam -c tests/config/nextflow.config
+  tags:
+    - samtools
+    - samtools/convert
+  files:
+    - path: output/samtools/test.bam
+      md5sum: c262b6dc15f9b480bdb47d6d018b4b56
+    - path: output/samtools/test.bam.bai
+      md5sum: 6e8f5034f728401bfa841c8e70c62463
+    - path: output/samtools/versions.yml