diff --git a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/genotyper/UnifiedGenotyper.java b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/genotyper/UnifiedGenotyper.java
index c56bffda0..c955c086d 100755
--- a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/genotyper/UnifiedGenotyper.java
+++ b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/genotyper/UnifiedGenotyper.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import org.broadinstitute.sting.gatk.refdata.RefMetaDataTracker;
 import org.broadinstitute.sting.gatk.refdata.utils.helpers.DbSNPHelper;
 import org.broadinstitute.sting.gatk.walkers.*;
 import org.broadinstitute.sting.gatk.walkers.annotator.VariantAnnotatorEngine;
+import org.broadinstitute.sting.gatk.DownsampleType;
 import org.broadinstitute.sting.utils.*;
 import org.broadinstitute.sting.commandline.*;
 import org.broadinstitute.sting.utils.vcf.VCFUtils;
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ import java.io.PrintStream;
  */
 @Reference(window=@Window(start=-20,stop=20))
 @By(DataSource.REFERENCE)
+@Downsample(by=DownsampleType.BY_SAMPLE, toCoverage=250)
 public class UnifiedGenotyper extends LocusWalker<VariantCallContext, UnifiedGenotyper.UGStatistics> implements TreeReducible<UnifiedGenotyper.UGStatistics> {
 
     @ArgumentCollection private UnifiedArgumentCollection UAC = new UnifiedArgumentCollection();
diff --git a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/genotyper/UnifiedGenotyperEngine.java b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/genotyper/UnifiedGenotyperEngine.java
index 5e9721e19..4e60cf5ff 100755
--- a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/genotyper/UnifiedGenotyperEngine.java
+++ b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/genotyper/UnifiedGenotyperEngine.java
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ public class UnifiedGenotyperEngine {
             call.setRefBase(ref);
 
             // if the site was downsampled, record that fact
-            if ( false ) { //rawContext.hasPileupBeenDownsampled() ) {
+            if ( rawContext.hasPileupBeenDownsampled() ) {
                 Map<String, Object> attrs = new HashMap<String, Object>(call.vc.getAttributes());
                 attrs.put(VCFConstants.DOWNSAMPLED_KEY, true);
                 VariantContextUtils.modifyAttributes(call.vc, attrs);