diff --git a/playground/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/indels/CountedObject.java b/playground/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/CountedObject.java
similarity index 97%
rename from playground/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/indels/CountedObject.java
rename to playground/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/CountedObject.java
index 234670d46..671b5c5a8 100755
--- a/playground/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/indels/CountedObject.java
+++ b/playground/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/CountedObject.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package org.broadinstitute.sting.indels;
+package org.broadinstitute.sting.utils;
 
 /** Utility class that makes working with counted objects slightly easier (and faster). 
  * Consider a "generic" counter representation as Map<Object,Integer>: updating the counter would require
diff --git a/playground/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/indels/CountedObjectComparatorAdapter.java b/playground/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/CountedObjectComparatorAdapter.java
similarity index 94%
rename from playground/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/indels/CountedObjectComparatorAdapter.java
rename to playground/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/CountedObjectComparatorAdapter.java
index 75e4f2678..28798d8ac 100755
--- a/playground/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/indels/CountedObjectComparatorAdapter.java
+++ b/playground/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/CountedObjectComparatorAdapter.java
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-package org.broadinstitute.sting.indels;
+package org.broadinstitute.sting.utils;
+
+import org.broadinstitute.sting.utils.CountedObject;
 
 /** Support class for counted objects. This comparator is an adapter: it is initialized with an arbitrary
  * comparator for objects of type T and can be used to directly compare counted objects of type CountedObject<T>