diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 7536e14..36100d6 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,23 +1,33 @@
 # Changes since last version
 
+
+## v1.8.0
+
+* Added support for selecting sub-alignments. See option `-sa`
+
+
 ## v1.7.2
 
 * Ed Davies fixed a bug: sorting using option -so was broken
 
+
 ## v1.7.1
 
 * What??
 
+
 ## v1.7.0
 
 * Added the option --alignment-index to support files with multiple MSAs.
 * Added two functions, view and glimpse, to enable use of alv in notebook environments.
 
+
 ## v1.6.1
 
 * Fixed accession abbreviation so that short accessions are left as they are.
 * Requiring python 3.5 or later, because Colorama has droppen support for 3.4.
 
+
 ## v1.6.0
 
 * New options: --only-variable and --only-variable-excluding-indels, contributed by nikostr. Constrains coloring
@@ -25,18 +35,21 @@
 * Fixed the --dotted option, which only worked with the first block for DNA sequences. Also improved the coloring
   which was too ugly in dotted mode (due to laziness).
 
+
 ## v1.5.0
 
 * New option: `-d` or `--dotted`: the first sequence in the output alignment is used as a template and for positions
   in subsequent sequences that are identical, a period ('.') is output instead of a symbol.
 * Adjustment: replacing blue with cyan in the DNA coloring scheme.
 
+
 ## v1.4.0
 
 * New option: `-r k` or `--random-accessions k` for only showing a sample of _k_ sequences.
 * New option: `-g` or `--glimpse`: display an informative cut-out of the input MSA, if it does
   not fit without scrolling or line-breaking.
 
+
 ## v1.3.4
 
 * For some reason, setup.py was/is not putting proper Markdown to PyPi. Solved it halfway. Weird issue.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a424eda..b4fdeb7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -95,6 +95,14 @@ alv -k msa.fa | less -R
 The `-k` option ensures that `alv` keeps coloring the alignment (by default, piping
 and redirection removes colors), and the `-R` option instructs `less` to interpret color codes.
 
+
+Choose to view a sub-alignment:
+```
+alv -sa 30 60 msa.fa
+```
+This selects and views columns 30 to 59 of msa.fa, keeping track of the "original" columns indexes in the output.
+
+
 ## For developers
 
 Run `python setup.py develop test` for development install and to execute tests.
diff --git a/THANKS.md b/THANKS.md
index fbd4ddc..876c571 100644
--- a/THANKS.md
+++ b/THANKS.md
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@
   completely without "codons".
 * Michael Milton suggested the --alignment-index option.
 * Marina Herrera Sarrias suggested the notebook functionality.
-* Ed Davies fixed a bug: sorting using option -so was broken
\ No newline at end of file
+* Ed Davies fixed a bug: sorting using option -so was broken.
+* Artem Kushner pointed out the missing support for sub-alignments.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/alv/alignment.py b/alv/alignment.py
index 52c83da..ef3b946 100644
--- a/alv/alignment.py
+++ b/alv/alignment.py
@@ -11,10 +11,14 @@ class BaseAlignment:
     to access all alignments, and implementations for the subclasses
     with single-letter column widths.
     '''
-    def __init__(self, alignment):
+    def __init__(self, alignment, start=0, end=-1):
         self.al = alignment   # Holder of the BioPython alignment object
-        self.al_length = alignment.get_alignment_length()
         self.type = None
+        self._start = start
+        self._end = alignment.get_alignment_length()
+        if end != -1:
+            self._end = min(end, self._end)
+        self.al_length = self._end - self._start
         self.column_width = 1
         self._update_seq_index()
         self.columns = self._summarize_columns()
@@ -121,13 +125,12 @@ def _compute_block_width(self, terminal_width, al_width, left_margin):
             return terminal_width - left_margin - sacrifice
 
     def blocks(self, block_width):
-        al_width = self.al_length
-        if al_width == 0:
+        if self.al_length == 0:
             raise AlvEmptyAlignment()
         else:
-            for start in range(0, al_width, block_width):
-                end = min(al_width, start + block_width)
-                yield AlignmentBlock(start, end)
+            for block_start in range(self._start, self._end, block_width):
+                block_end = min(self._end, block_start + block_width)
+                yield AlignmentBlock(block_start, block_end)
 
 
     def apply_painter(self, acc, block, painter):
@@ -167,9 +170,9 @@ def _summarize_columns(self):
         '''
         Count the different elements in each column.
         '''
-        columns = []
-        for col_no in range(self.al_length):
-            columns.append(Counter(self.al[:, col_no]))
+        columns = {}
+        for col_no in range(self._start, self._end):
+            columns[col_no] = Counter(self.al[:, col_no])
         return columns
 
     def get_basic_info(self):
@@ -188,7 +191,7 @@ def get_column_conservation(self):
         '''
         result = []       # For the return value
         column_summaries = self._summarize_columns()
-        for c in column_summaries:
+        for idx, c in column_summaries.items():
             for indel in self.indels:
                 del c[indel]
             if len(c) == 0:
@@ -222,24 +225,24 @@ def get_conserved_block(self, n_columns):
 
 
 class AminoAcidAlignment(BaseAlignment):
-    def __init__(self, alignment):
-       	super().__init__(alignment)
+    def __init__(self, alignment, start=0, end=-1):
+       	super().__init__(alignment, start, end)
         self.type = 'aa'
 
 class DnaAlignment(BaseAlignment):
-    def __init__(self, alignment):
-       	super().__init__(alignment)
+    def __init__(self, alignment, start=0, end=-1):
+       	super().__init__(alignment, start, end)
         self.type = 'dna'
 
 class CodonAlignment(BaseAlignment):
     '''
     Alignment of coding DNA. A column has a width of three nucleotides.
     '''
-    def __init__(self, alignment):
+    def __init__(self, alignment, start=0, end=-1):
         self.type = 'codon'
         self.column_width = 3
         self.genetic_code = 1   # The standard code
-        super().__init__(alignment)
+        super().__init__(alignment, start, end)
         self.basic_info['Genetic code'] = self.genetic_code
 
     def block_width(self, terminal_width, args):
@@ -261,9 +264,9 @@ def apply_painter(self, acc, block, painter):
         seq = str(seq_record.seq)
         colored_seq = ''
 
-        for codon_col, pos in enumerate(range(0, len(seq), 3)):
-            c = seq[pos:pos+3]
-            colored_seq += painter.colorizer(c, self.columns[block.start // 3 + codon_col])
+        for codon_col, pos in enumerate(range(block.start, block.end, 3)):
+            c = seq[codon_col:codon_col+3]
+            colored_seq += painter.colorizer(c, self.columns[pos])
         return painter.sol() + colored_seq + painter.eol()
 
     def apply_dotter(self, acc, block, painter, template_acc):
@@ -281,12 +284,12 @@ def apply_dotter(self, acc, block, painter, template_acc):
         template_seq = template_record.seq
 
         colored_seq = ''
-        for codon_col_no, pos in enumerate(range(0, len(seq), 3)):
+        for codon_col, pos in enumerate(range(block.start, block.end, 3)):
             c = seq[pos:pos+3]
             if c == template_seq[pos:pos+3]:
                 colored_seq += '...'
             else:
-                colored_seq += painter.colorizer(c, self.columns[block.start // 3 + codon_col_no])
+                colored_seq += painter.colorizer(c, self.columns[pos])
         return painter.sol() + colored_seq + painter.eol()
 
 
@@ -296,11 +299,11 @@ def _summarize_columns(self):
         Specialization of base method for codon columns. Do not focus on the amino acids, but look at
         amino acid columns.
         '''
-        columns = []
-        for pos in range(0, self.al_length, 3):
+        columns = {}
+        for pos in range(self._start, self._end, 3):
             codon_column = map(lambda r: str(r.seq), self.al[:, pos:pos+3])
             aa_column = map(lambda codon: self._translate(codon), codon_column)
-            columns.append(Counter(aa_column))
+            columns[pos] = Counter(aa_column)
         return columns
 
 
@@ -310,7 +313,7 @@ def get_conserved_block(self, n_columns):
         Used for alignment glimpses.
         Specialised for codon alignments.
         '''
-        conservation = self.get_column_conservation()   # A list of conservation scores. Want a maximised "window"
+        conservation = self.get_column_conservation()   # A dict of conservation scores. Want a maximised "window"
         accumulated_conservation = []
         acc = 0
         for c in conservation:
@@ -321,7 +324,7 @@ def get_conserved_block(self, n_columns):
 
         codon_al_width = math.floor(self.al_width() / 3)
         if codon_al_width <= n_columns:
-            return AlignmentBlock(0, codon_al_width)
+            return AlignmentBlock(0, self._end)
         else:
             best_start = max(range(0, codon_al_width - n_columns),
                              key=lambda i: accumulated_conservation[i+n_columns] - accumulated_conservation[i])
diff --git a/alv/alignmentterminal.py b/alv/alignmentterminal.py
index 1916dbc..e9d24fd 100644
--- a/alv/alignmentterminal.py
+++ b/alv/alignmentterminal.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 import shutil
 
 
-
 class AlignmentTerminal:
     '''
     This class encapsulates knowledge about the terminal and how to draw on it.
diff --git a/alv/io.py b/alv/io.py
index 251a345..ab9ab35 100644
--- a/alv/io.py
+++ b/alv/io.py
@@ -37,10 +37,12 @@ def guess_format(filename):
                 return 'phylip'
 
 
-def read_alignment(file, seqtype, input_format, color_scheme, genetic_code, alignment_no=0):
+def read_alignment(file, seqtype, input_format, color_scheme, genetic_code, al_start=0, al_end=-1, alignment_no=0):
     '''
     Factory function. Read the alignment with BioPython's support, and
     return an appropriate alv alignment.
+
+    al_start and al_end: restrict the alignment to a subalignment defined by these indices
     '''
     if file == '-':
         file = sys.stdin        # Start reading from stdin if "magic filename"
@@ -50,11 +52,11 @@ def read_alignment(file, seqtype, input_format, color_scheme, genetic_code, alig
         n_msas = len(alignments)
         if alignment_no >= n_msas:
             raise IOError(f'Alignment index too large, only {n_msas} alignment(s) in the file.')
-        return get_alv_objects(alignments[alignment_no], seqtype, color_scheme, genetic_code)
+        return get_alv_objects(alignments[alignment_no], seqtype, color_scheme, genetic_code, al_start, al_end)
     else:
         raise ValueError('No alignment in input')
 
-def get_alv_objects(alignment, seqtype, color_scheme, genetic_code):
+def get_alv_objects(alignment, seqtype, color_scheme, genetic_code, al_start, al_end):
     '''
     Take the alignment object and return a suitable Alv alignment object, with respect
     to sequence type, and colorization object ("painter").
@@ -70,13 +72,13 @@ def get_alv_objects(alignment, seqtype, color_scheme, genetic_code):
         painter = AminoAcidPainter()
 
     if seqtype == 'aa':
-        return AminoAcidAlignment(alignment), painter
+        return AminoAcidAlignment(alignment, al_start, al_end), painter
     if seqtype == 'dna' or seqtype == 'rna':
-        return DnaAlignment(alignment), DnaPainter()
+        return DnaAlignment(alignment, al_start, al_end), DnaPainter()
     elif seqtype == 'codon':
         al = CodonAlignment(alignment)
         al.set_genetic_code(genetic_code)
-        return CodonAlignment(alignment), CodonPainter(painter)
+        return CodonAlignment(alignment, al_start, al_end), CodonPainter(painter)
     else:
         raise IOError(f'Unknown sequence type: "{seqtype}"')
 
diff --git a/alv/version.py b/alv/version.py
index 8adfee4..b280975 100644
--- a/alv/version.py
+++ b/alv/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '1.7.2'
+__version__ = '1.8.0'
diff --git a/bin/alv b/bin/alv
index 153c19d..4aa2a56 100755
--- a/bin/alv
+++ b/bin/alv
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import alv
 import argparse
 import os
 import sys
-from traceback import print_last
+from traceback import print_exc
 
 from alv.version import __version__
 from alv.alignmentterminal import AlignmentShellTerminal
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ def setup_argument_parsing():
                                help='Comma-separated list of accessions. Sequences will be presented in this order. Also note that one can choose which sequences to present with this opion. Overrides -s and -si.')
     ordering_args.add_argument('-sm', '--select-matching', metavar='ACCESSION_PATTERN', type=str,
                                help='Only show sequences with accessions containing ACCESSION_PATTERN.')
+    ordering_args.add_argument('-sa', '--sub-alignment', nargs=2, metavar='INT', type=int,
+                               help='Only show alignment columns given by FROM and UPTO indices.')
 
     # Options for limiting colorization
     restriction_args = ap.add_argument_group('Restricting colorization')
@@ -147,7 +149,11 @@ def input_and_option_adaption(args):
             format = 'fasta'    # Hard guess, because a bit complicated when reading from pipe (sys.stdin)
         else:
             format = args.format
-        alignment, painter = io.read_alignment(args.infile, args.type, format, args.color_scheme, args.code, args.alignment_index)
+        if args.sub_alignment:  # Are we restricting the alignment?
+            start_col, end_col = args.sub_alignment
+        else:
+            start_col, end_col = 0, -1
+        alignment, painter = io.read_alignment(args.infile, args.type, format, args.color_scheme, args.code, start_col, end_col, args.alignment_index)
         return alignment, painter
 
     except KeyboardInterrupt:
@@ -253,6 +259,7 @@ def main():
         print('alv:', e, file=sys.stderr)
         ap.exit(3)
     except Exception as e:
+        print_exc()
         print('Alv bug! Please report!', file=sys.stderr)
         print(e, file=sys.stderr)
         ap.exit(2)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 17b7c74..e960f77 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -55,10 +55,10 @@ def read_version_string(filename):
         'biopython>=1.70',
         'colorama>=0.3.8',
     ],
-    classifiers=(
+    classifiers=[
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
         "License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v3 (GPLv3)",
         "Operating System :: OS Independent",
         "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Bio-Informatics",
-    ),
+    ],
 )