diff --git a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/playground/utils/AlleleMetrics.java b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/playground/utils/AlleleMetrics.java
index 51d3f8ad5..d6cba9830 100755
--- a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/playground/utils/AlleleMetrics.java
+++ b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/playground/utils/AlleleMetrics.java
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ public class AlleleMetrics {
 
     long dbsnp_hits=0;
     long num_variants=0;
-    long num_loci_total=0;
+    public long num_loci_total=0;
     long num_loci_confident=0;
     double LOD_cutoff = 5;
     long hapmap_genotype_correct = 0;