diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 76d7509..1772dd8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+Version 0.2.2
+=============
+
+- fixed wrong encoding of mask arrays
+- added geometry reprojection to mosaic methods
+- added new `poi2tile()` method
+
 Version 0.2.1
 =============
 
diff --git a/src/geospade/raster.py b/src/geospade/raster.py
index c9864be..97dca11 100644
--- a/src/geospade/raster.py
+++ b/src/geospade/raster.py
@@ -2291,9 +2291,9 @@ def _mask_tile(self, tile) -> Tile:
         """
         if tile.mask is None:
             if tile.mosaic_topology == 'INNER':
-                tile.mask = np.ones(tile.shape)
+                tile.mask = np.ones(tile.shape, dtype=np.uint8)
             elif tile.mosaic_topology == 'OUTER':
-                tile.mask = np.zeros(tile.shape)
+                tile.mask = np.zeros(tile.shape, dtype=np.uint8)
             elif tile.mosaic_topology == 'BOUNDARY':
                 intrsct_geom = self.boundary.Intersection(tile.boundary)
                 # first, using 'outer_boundary_extent' as a pixel buffer for generating the rasterised
@@ -2721,7 +2721,7 @@ def select_tiles_by_geom(self, geom, sref=None, active_only=True, apply_mask=Tru
 
         """
 
-        intsctd_raster_geom = self._raster_geom.slice_by_geom(geom, True, False)
+        intsctd_raster_geom = self._raster_geom.slice_by_geom(geom, snap_to_grid=True, inplace=False)
         if intsctd_raster_geom is None:
             return None
         intsctd_mosaic_height, intsctd_mosaic_width = intsctd_raster_geom.shape