diff --git a/scala/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/queue/extensions/gatk/ContigScatterFunction.scala b/scala/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/queue/extensions/gatk/ContigScatterFunction.scala
index d0c1345f7..ee4cb9c4a 100755
--- a/scala/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/queue/extensions/gatk/ContigScatterFunction.scala
+++ b/scala/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/queue/extensions/gatk/ContigScatterFunction.scala
@@ -41,6 +41,6 @@ class ContigScatterFunction extends GATKScatterFunction with InProcessFunction {
 
   def run() {
     val gi = GATKScatterFunction.getGATKIntervals(this.referenceSequence, this.intervals)
-    IntervalUtils.scatterContigIntervals(gi.samFileHeader, gi.javaLocs, this.scatterOutputFiles)
+    IntervalUtils.scatterContigIntervals(gi.samFileHeader, gi.locs, this.scatterOutputFiles)
   }
 }
diff --git a/scala/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/queue/extensions/gatk/GATKIntervals.scala b/scala/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/queue/extensions/gatk/GATKIntervals.scala
index 078a37ab3..aae5e438c 100755
--- a/scala/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/queue/extensions/gatk/GATKIntervals.scala
+++ b/scala/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/queue/extensions/gatk/GATKIntervals.scala
@@ -42,9 +42,7 @@ case class GATKIntervals(reference: File, intervals: List[String]) {
     header
   }
 
-  lazy val locs: List[GenomeLoc] = javaLocs.toList
-
-  lazy val javaLocs: java.util.List[GenomeLoc] = {
+  lazy val locs: java.util.List[GenomeLoc] = {
     val parser = new GenomeLocParser(referenceDataSource.getReference)
     val parsedLocs =
       if (intervals.isEmpty)
@@ -55,11 +53,11 @@ case class GATKIntervals(reference: File, intervals: List[String]) {
     Collections.unmodifiableList(parsedLocs)
   }
 
-  lazy val contigs = locs.map(_.getContig).distinct
+  lazy val contigs = locs.map(_.getContig).distinct.toList
 
   def getSplits(size: Int) = {
     splitsBySize.getOrElse(size, {
-      val splits: java.util.List[java.lang.Integer] = IntervalUtils.splitFixedIntervals(javaLocs, size)
+      val splits: java.util.List[java.lang.Integer] = IntervalUtils.splitFixedIntervals(locs, size)
       splitsBySize += size -> splits
       splits
     })
diff --git a/scala/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/queue/extensions/gatk/GATKIntervalsUnitTest.scala b/scala/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/queue/extensions/gatk/GATKIntervalsUnitTest.scala
index f80637459..52720b940 100644
--- a/scala/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/queue/extensions/gatk/GATKIntervalsUnitTest.scala
+++ b/scala/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/queue/extensions/gatk/GATKIntervalsUnitTest.scala
@@ -37,12 +37,12 @@ class GATKIntervalsUnitTest {
   private final lazy val hg18Reference = new File(BaseTest.hg18Reference)
   private final lazy val hg18GenomeLocParser = new GenomeLocParser(new CachingIndexedFastaSequenceFile(hg18Reference))
   private final lazy val hg18ReferenceLocs = GenomeLocSortedSet.
-    createSetFromSequenceDictionary(new ReferenceDataSource(hg18Reference).getReference.getSequenceDictionary).toList.toList
+    createSetFromSequenceDictionary(new ReferenceDataSource(hg18Reference).getReference.getSequenceDictionary).toList
 
   private final lazy val hg19Reference = new File(BaseTest.hg19Reference)
   private final lazy val hg19GenomeLocParser = new GenomeLocParser(new CachingIndexedFastaSequenceFile(hg19Reference))
   private final lazy val hg19ReferenceLocs = GenomeLocSortedSet.
-    createSetFromSequenceDictionary(new ReferenceDataSource(hg19Reference).getReference.getSequenceDictionary).toList.toList
+    createSetFromSequenceDictionary(new ReferenceDataSource(hg19Reference).getReference.getSequenceDictionary).toList
 
   @Test
   def testWithIntervals() {
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class GATKIntervalsUnitTest {
     val chr3 = hg18GenomeLocParser.parseGenomeInterval("chr3:3-5")
 
     val gi = new GATKIntervals(hg18Reference, List("chr1:1-1", "chr2:2-3", "chr3:3-5"))
-    Assert.assertEquals(gi.locs, List(chr1, chr2, chr3))
+    Assert.assertEquals(gi.locs.toList, List(chr1, chr2, chr3))
     Assert.assertEquals(gi.contigs, List("chr1", "chr2", "chr3"))
     Assert.assertEquals(gi.getSplits(2).toList, List(2, 3))
     Assert.assertEquals(gi.getSplits(3).toList, List(1, 2, 3))