diff --git a/scala/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/queue/extensions/gatk/BamGatherFunction.scala b/scala/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/queue/extensions/gatk/BamGatherFunction.scala
index 10de17bb8..bbc4cd67e 100644
--- a/scala/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/queue/extensions/gatk/BamGatherFunction.scala
+++ b/scala/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/queue/extensions/gatk/BamGatherFunction.scala
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class BamGatherFunction extends GatherFunction with PicardBamFunction {
     val compression = QFunction.findField(originalFunction.getClass, SAMFileWriterArgumentTypeDescriptor.COMPRESSION_FULLNAME)
     this.compressionLevel = originalGATK.getFieldValue(compression).asInstanceOf[Option[Int]]
 
-    val indexBam = QFunction.findField(originalFunction.getClass, SAMFileWriterArgumentTypeDescriptor.CREATE_INDEX_FULLNAME)
+    val indexBam = QFunction.findField(originalFunction.getClass, SAMFileWriterArgumentTypeDescriptor.DISABLE_INDEXING_FULLNAME)
     this.createIndex = originalGATK.getFieldValue(indexBam).asInstanceOf[Option[Boolean]]
 
     super.freezeFieldValues