diff --git a/public/VectorPairHMM/src/main/c++/Sandbox.java b/public/VectorPairHMM/src/main/c++/Sandbox.java
index ddfb50e59..58234e027 100644
--- a/public/VectorPairHMM/src/main/c++/Sandbox.java
+++ b/public/VectorPairHMM/src/main/c++/Sandbox.java
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ public class Sandbox {
       }
       catch(FileNotFoundException e)
       {
-          logger.info("File "+filename + " cannot be found/read");
+          logger.error("File "+filename + " cannot be found/read");
           return;
       }
       int idx = 0;