diff --git a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/filters/RatioFilter.java b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/filters/RatioFilter.java
index 3f923401a..463bdaf64 100755
--- a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/filters/RatioFilter.java
+++ b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/filters/RatioFilter.java
@@ -71,9 +71,9 @@ public abstract class RatioFilter implements VariantExclusionCriterion {
         //
         int n = counts.first + counts.second;
         double value = counts.first / (1.0 * counts.first + counts.second);
-        logger.info(String.format("%s: counts1=%d (%.2f), counts2=%d (%.2f), n=%d, value=%f, exclude=%b, location=%s, bases=%s",
-                name, counts.first, counts.first / (0.01 * n), counts.second, counts.second / (0.01 * n), n,
-                value, exclude, variant.getLocation(), pileup.getBases()));
+        //logger.info(String.format("%s: counts1=%d (%.2f), counts2=%d (%.2f), n=%d, value=%f, exclude=%b, location=%s, bases=%s",
+        //        name, counts.first, counts.first / (0.01 * n), counts.second, counts.second / (0.01 * n), n,
+        //        value, exclude, variant.getLocation(), pileup.getBases()));
     }
 
     // TODO - this calculation needs to be parameterized correctly
diff --git a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/genotype/vcf/VCFRecord.java b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/genotype/vcf/VCFRecord.java
index df9675f89..4f4bb7bd3 100644
--- a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/genotype/vcf/VCFRecord.java
+++ b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/genotype/vcf/VCFRecord.java
@@ -334,9 +334,16 @@ public class VCFRecord {
      * @param value it's value as a string
      */
     public void addInfoField(String key, String value) {
+        //System.out.printf("Adding info field %s=%s%n", key, value);
         this.mInfoFields.put(key, value);
     }
 
+    public void printInfoFields() {
+        for ( Map.Entry<String, String> e : this.mInfoFields.entrySet() ) {
+            System.out.printf("  Current info field %s=%s this=%s%n", e.getKey(), e.getValue(), this);
+        }
+    }
+
 
     /**
      * add an info field to the record