diff --git a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/traversals/TraverseActiveRegions.java b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/traversals/TraverseActiveRegions.java
index 2b7b2f9f5..5d38df0f5 100644
--- a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/traversals/TraverseActiveRegions.java
+++ b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/traversals/TraverseActiveRegions.java
@@ -104,10 +104,11 @@ public class TraverseActiveRegions <M,T> extends TraversalEngine<M,T,ActiveRegio
 
                 prevLoc = location;
 
-                updateCumulativeMetrics(dataProvider.getShard());
                 printProgress(locus.getLocation());
             }
 
+            updateCumulativeMetrics(dataProvider.getShard());
+
             // Take the individual isActive calls and integrate them into contiguous active regions and
             // add these blocks of work to the work queue
             // band-pass filter the list of isActive probabilities and turn into active regions