diff --git a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/codecs/bcf2/BCF2Codec.java b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/codecs/bcf2/BCF2Codec.java
index fc0b3c4a9..60fcb6585 100644
--- a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/codecs/bcf2/BCF2Codec.java
+++ b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/codecs/bcf2/BCF2Codec.java
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ public final class BCF2Codec implements FeatureCodec<VariantContext> {
 
             final int sitesBlockSize = decoder.readBlockSize(inputStream);
             final int genotypeBlockSize = decoder.readBlockSize(inputStream);
+
             decoder.readNextBlock(sitesBlockSize, inputStream);
             decodeSiteLoc(builder);
             final SitesInfoForDecoding info = decodeSitesExtendedInfo(builder);