diff --git a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/PileupWalker.java b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/PileupWalker.java
index da21fc53c..5fa235284 100644
--- a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/PileupWalker.java
+++ b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/PileupWalker.java
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ public class PileupWalker extends LocusWalker<Integer, Integer> implements TreeR
             rodString = "[ROD: " + rodString + "]";
 
         //if ( context.getLocation().getStart() % 1 == 0 ) {
+        System.out.printf("quals as ints %b%n", qualsAsInts);
         out.printf("%s%s %s%n", pileup.getPileupString(qualsAsInts), extras, rodString);
         //}
 
diff --git a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/ReadBackedPileup.java b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/ReadBackedPileup.java
index cbefbf2c3..9e81a4762 100755
--- a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/ReadBackedPileup.java
+++ b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/ReadBackedPileup.java
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ public class ReadBackedPileup extends BasicPileup {
     }
 
     public String getQualsAsInts() {
+        System.out.printf("getQualsAsInts");        
         return Utils.join(",", qualPileup(reads, offsets));
     }
 
@@ -83,12 +84,13 @@ public class ReadBackedPileup extends BasicPileup {
         // In the pileup format, each line represents a genomic position, consisting of chromosome name,
         // coordinate, reference base, read bases, read qualities and alignment mapping qualities.
 
+        System.out.printf("qualsAsInts %b%n", qualsAsInts);
         //return String.format("%s %s %s %s", getLocation(), getRef(), getBases(), getQuals());
         return String.format("%s %s %s %s %s %s",
                 getLocation().getContig(), getLocation().getStart(),    // chromosome name and coordinate
                 getRef(),                                               // reference base
                 getBases(),
-                qualsAsInts ? getQuals() : getQualsAsInts(),
-                qualsAsInts ? getMappingQuals() : getMappingQualsAsInts());
+                qualsAsInts ? getQualsAsInts() : getQuals(),
+                qualsAsInts ? getMappingQualsAsInts() : getMappingQuals() );
     }
 }
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