diff --git a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/genotyper/UnifiedGenotyperEngine.java b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/genotyper/UnifiedGenotyperEngine.java
index 06455df6d..b1332bdf9 100755
--- a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/genotyper/UnifiedGenotyperEngine.java
+++ b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/genotyper/UnifiedGenotyperEngine.java
@@ -39,10 +39,7 @@ import org.broadinstitute.sting.utils.codecs.vcf.VCFConstants;
 import org.broadinstitute.sting.utils.pileup.PileupElement;
 import org.broadinstitute.sting.utils.pileup.ReadBackedExtendedEventPileup;
 import org.broadinstitute.sting.utils.pileup.ReadBackedPileup;
-import org.broadinstitute.sting.utils.variantcontext.Allele;
-import org.broadinstitute.sting.utils.variantcontext.Genotype;
-import org.broadinstitute.sting.utils.variantcontext.GenotypeLikelihoods;
-import org.broadinstitute.sting.utils.variantcontext.VariantContext;
+import org.broadinstitute.sting.utils.variantcontext.*;
 
 import java.io.PrintStream;
 import java.util.*;
@@ -239,7 +236,8 @@ public class UnifiedGenotyperEngine {
             VariantContext vcInput = SNPGenotypeLikelihoodsCalculationModel.getSNPVCFromAllelesRod(tracker, ref, false, logger, UAC.alleles);
             if ( vcInput == null )
                 return null;
-            vc = new VariantContext("UG_call", vcInput.getChr(), vcInput.getStart(), vcInput.getEnd(), vcInput.getAlleles());
+            vc = new VariantContext("UG_call", vcInput.getChr(), vcInput.getStart(), vcInput.getEnd(), vcInput.getAlleles(), InferredGeneticContext.NO_NEG_LOG_10PERROR, null, null, ref.getBase());
+
         } else {
             // deal with bad/non-standard reference bases
             if ( !Allele.acceptableAlleleBases(new byte[]{ref.getBase()}) )