diff --git a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/refdata/features/sampileup/SAMPileupCodec.java b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/refdata/features/sampileup/SAMPileupCodec.java
index 9a2f36e5b..00b7c45d9 100644
--- a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/refdata/features/sampileup/SAMPileupCodec.java
+++ b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/refdata/features/sampileup/SAMPileupCodec.java
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ public class SAMPileupCodec implements FeatureCodec<SAMPileupFeature> {
         if ( feature.getRef() == '*' ) {
             parseIndels(observedString,feature) ;
             if ( feature.isDeletion() ) feature.setEnd(feature.getStart()+feature.length()-1);
-            else feature.setEnd(feature.getStart()-1); // if it's not a deletion and we are biallelic, this got to be an insertion; otherwise the state is inconsistent!!!!
+            else feature.setEnd(feature.getStart()); // if it's not a deletion and we are biallelic, this got to be an insertion; otherwise the state is inconsistent!!!!
         } else {
             parseBasesAndQuals(feature,tokens[8],tokens[9]);
             // if the variant is a SNP or a reference base (i.e. no variant at all)
diff --git a/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/qc/ValidatingPileupIntegrationTest.java b/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/qc/ValidatingPileupIntegrationTest.java
index 7c47d437c..c5cdf9f02 100644
--- a/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/qc/ValidatingPileupIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/qc/ValidatingPileupIntegrationTest.java
@@ -12,14 +12,14 @@ import java.util.Collections;
  * @version 0.1
  */
 public class ValidatingPileupIntegrationTest extends WalkerTest {
-    @Test(enabled = false)
+    @Test(enabled = true)
     public void testEcoliThreaded() {
         WalkerTest.WalkerTestSpec spec = new WalkerTest.WalkerTestSpec(
                 "-T ValidatingPileup" +
                 " -I " + validationDataLocation + "MV1994.selected.bam" +
                 " -R " + validationDataLocation + "Escherichia_coli_K12_MG1655.fasta" +
                 " -B:pileup,SAMPileup "+ validationDataLocation + "MV1994.selected.pileup" +
-                " -S SILENT -nt 8 -U ALLOW_SEQ_DICT_INCOMPATIBILITY",0, Collections.<String>emptyList());
+                " -S SILENT -nt 8",0, Collections.<String>emptyList());
         executeTest("testEcoliThreaded",spec);
     }
 }