diff --git a/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/WalkerTest.java b/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/WalkerTest.java
index 6030ad4d3..9aab07b88 100755
--- a/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/WalkerTest.java
+++ b/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/WalkerTest.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public class WalkerTest extends BaseTest {
 
             return filemd5sum;
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            throw new RuntimeException("Failed to read bytes from calls file: " + resultsFile);
+            throw new RuntimeException("Failed to read bytes from calls file: " + resultsFile, e);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/oneoffprojects/walkers/coverage/CoverageStatisticsIntegrationTest.java b/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/oneoffprojects/walkers/coverage/CoverageStatisticsIntegrationTest.java
index 35328b50c..53666d5e0 100644
--- a/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/oneoffprojects/walkers/coverage/CoverageStatisticsIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/oneoffprojects/walkers/coverage/CoverageStatisticsIntegrationTest.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import java.util.List;
  */
 public class CoverageStatisticsIntegrationTest extends WalkerTest {
 
-    private boolean RUN_TESTS = false;
+    private boolean RUN_TESTS = true;
     private String root = "-T CoverageStatistics ";
     private String hg18 = "/seq/references/Homo_sapiens_assembly18/v0/Homo_sapiens_assembly18.fasta";
     private String b36 = "/broad/1KG/reference/human_b36_both.fasta";
@@ -54,16 +54,21 @@ public class CoverageStatisticsIntegrationTest extends WalkerTest {
         String[] bams = {"/humgen/gsa-hpprojects/GATK/data/Validation_Data/NA12878.1kg.p2.chr1_10mb_11_mb.SLX.bam","/broad/1KG/DCC_merged/freeze5/NA19240.pilot2.454.bam"};
 
         String cmd = buildRootCmd(b36,new ArrayList<String>(Arrays.asList(bams)),new ArrayList<String>(Arrays.asList(intervals))) + " -mmq 0 -mbq 0 -dels -baseCounts";
-        String expected = "cb87d6069ac60c73f047efc6d9386619";
-        WalkerTestSpec spec = new WalkerTestSpec(cmd,1, Arrays.asList(expected));
+        WalkerTestSpec spec = new WalkerTestSpec(cmd,0, new ArrayList<String>());
 
         // now add the expected files that get generated
-        spec.addAuxFile("aff2349d6dc221c08f6c469379aeaedf", new File(baseOutputFile.getAbsolutePath() + ".interval_statistics"));
-        spec.addAuxFile("6476ed0c54a4307a618aa6d3268b050f", new File(baseOutputFile.getAbsolutePath()+".interval_summary"));
-        spec.addAuxFile("c744a298b7541f3f823e6937e9a0bc67", new File(baseOutputFile.getAbsolutePath()+".locus_statistics"));
-        spec.addAuxFile("65318c1e73d98a59cc6f817cde12d3d4", new File(baseOutputFile.getAbsolutePath()+".summary_statistics"));
-        spec.addAuxFile("9fc19f773a7ddfbb473d124e675a3d94", new File(baseOutputFile.getAbsolutePath()+".sample_statistics"));
-        if ( RUN_TESTS )
-            execute("testBaseOutputNoFiltering",spec);
+        spec.addAuxFile("cb87d6069ac60c73f047efc6d9386619", baseOutputFile);
+        spec.addAuxFile("aff2349d6dc221c08f6c469379aeaedf", createTempFileFromBase(baseOutputFile.getAbsolutePath()+".interval_statistics"));
+        spec.addAuxFile("6476ed0c54a4307a618aa6d3268b050f", createTempFileFromBase(baseOutputFile.getAbsolutePath()+".interval_summary"));
+        spec.addAuxFile("c744a298b7541f3f823e6937e9a0bc67", createTempFileFromBase(baseOutputFile.getAbsolutePath()+".locus_statistics"));
+        spec.addAuxFile("65318c1e73d98a59cc6f817cde12d3d4", createTempFileFromBase(baseOutputFile.getAbsolutePath()+".summary_statistics"));
+        spec.addAuxFile("9fc19f773a7ddfbb473d124e675a3d94", createTempFileFromBase(baseOutputFile.getAbsolutePath()+".sample_statistics"));
+        execute("testBaseOutputNoFiltering",spec);
+    }
+
+    public File createTempFileFromBase(String name) {
+        File fl = new File(name);
+        fl.deleteOnExit();
+        return fl;
     }
 }