diff --git a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/genotyper/PerReadAlleleLikelihoodMap.java b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/genotyper/PerReadAlleleLikelihoodMap.java
index 9bb0e646f..d79b7c142 100644
--- a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/genotyper/PerReadAlleleLikelihoodMap.java
+++ b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/genotyper/PerReadAlleleLikelihoodMap.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ import java.util.*;
 
 public abstract class PerReadAlleleLikelihoodMap {
 
-    public static final double INFORMATIVE_LIKELIHOOD_THRESHOLD = 0.1;
+    public static final double INFORMATIVE_LIKELIHOOD_THRESHOLD = 0.2;
 
     protected List<Allele> alleles;
     protected Map<GATKSAMRecord, Map<Allele, Double>> likelihoodReadMap;
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ public abstract class PerReadAlleleLikelihoodMap {
     public static PerReadAlleleLikelihoodMap getBestAvailablePerReadAlleleLikelihoodMap() {
         final Class PerReadAlleleLikelihoodMapClass = GATKLiteUtils.getProtectedClassIfAvailable(PerReadAlleleLikelihoodMap.class);
         try {
-            Constructor constructor = PerReadAlleleLikelihoodMapClass.getDeclaredConstructor((Class[])null);
+            final Constructor constructor = PerReadAlleleLikelihoodMapClass.getDeclaredConstructor((Class[])null);
             constructor.setAccessible(true);
             return (PerReadAlleleLikelihoodMap)constructor.newInstance();
         }