diff --git a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/refdata/VariantContextAdaptors.java b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/refdata/VariantContextAdaptors.java
index f9ea154ad..8fb9f9ba3 100755
--- a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/refdata/VariantContextAdaptors.java
+++ b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/refdata/VariantContextAdaptors.java
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ public class VariantContextAdaptors {
     // --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     private static class RodVCFAdaptor extends VCAdaptor {
+        // WARNING: do not use this method if you have anything other than point mutations in your VCF
         VariantContext convert(String name, Object input) {
             return vcfToVariantContext(name, ((RodVCF)input).getRecord(), null);
         }
@@ -143,6 +144,7 @@ public class VariantContextAdaptors {
     }
 
     private static class VCFRecordAdaptor extends VCAdaptor {
+        // WARNING: do not use this method if you have anything other than point mutations in your VCF
         VariantContext convert(String name, Object input) {
             return vcfToVariantContext(name, (VCFRecord)input, null);
         }
diff --git a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/oneoffprojects/walkers/IndelDBRateWalker.java b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/oneoffprojects/walkers/IndelDBRateWalker.java
index 68a99f026..df2aebbbc 100644
--- a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/oneoffprojects/walkers/IndelDBRateWalker.java
+++ b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/oneoffprojects/walkers/IndelDBRateWalker.java
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ public class IndelDBRateWalker extends RodWalker<OverlapTable,OverlapTabulator>
                       tracker.getReferenceMetaData("eval").size() != 0 ? tracker.getReferenceMetaData("eval").get(0) : null ;
         VariantContext evalContext;
         if ( eval != null ) {
-            evalContext = VariantContextAdaptors.toVariantContext("eval",eval);
+            evalContext = VariantContextAdaptors.toVariantContext("eval",eval,ref);
         } else {
             evalContext = null;
         }