diff --git a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/MathUtils.java b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/MathUtils.java
index d382d804f..f4644036f 100644
--- a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/MathUtils.java
+++ b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/MathUtils.java
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public class MathUtils {
     private static final double JACOBIAN_LOG_TABLE_INV_STEP = 1.0 / JACOBIAN_LOG_TABLE_STEP;
     private static final double MAX_JACOBIAN_TOLERANCE = 8.0;
     private static final int JACOBIAN_LOG_TABLE_SIZE = (int) (MAX_JACOBIAN_TOLERANCE / JACOBIAN_LOG_TABLE_STEP) + 1;
-    private static final int MAXN = 50000;
+    private static final int MAXN = 70000;
     private static final int LOG10_CACHE_SIZE = 4 * MAXN;  // we need to be able to go up to 2*(2N) when calculating some of the coefficients
 
     /**