diff --git a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/variantutils/VariantsToTable.java b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/variantutils/VariantsToTable.java
index d8340b761..e7448b43e 100755
--- a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/variantutils/VariantsToTable.java
+++ b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/variantutils/VariantsToTable.java
@@ -76,17 +76,29 @@ public class VariantsToTable extends RodWalker<Integer, Integer> {
         // #CHROM  POS     ID      REF     ALT     QUAL    FILTER  INFO    FORMAT
         getters.put("CHROM", new Getter() { public String get(VariantContext vc) { return vc.getChr(); } });
         getters.put("POS", new Getter() { public String get(VariantContext vc) { return Integer.toString(vc.getStart()); } });
-        getters.put("REF", new Getter() { public String get(VariantContext vc) { return vc.getReference().toString(); } });
+        getters.put("REF", new Getter() {
+            public String get(VariantContext vc) {
+                String x = "";
+                if (vc.hasAttribute(VariantContext.REFERENCE_BASE_FOR_INDEL_KEY)) {
+                    Byte refByte = (Byte)(vc.getAttribute(VariantContext.REFERENCE_BASE_FOR_INDEL_KEY));
+                    x=x+new String(new byte[]{refByte});
+                }
+                return x+vc.getReference().getDisplayString();
+            }
+        });
         getters.put("ALT", new Getter() {
             public String get(VariantContext vc) {
                 StringBuilder x = new StringBuilder();
                 int n = vc.getAlternateAlleles().size();
-
                 if ( n == 0 ) return ".";
+                if (vc.hasAttribute(VariantContext.REFERENCE_BASE_FOR_INDEL_KEY)) {
+                    Byte refByte = (Byte)(vc.getAttribute(VariantContext.REFERENCE_BASE_FOR_INDEL_KEY));
+                    x.append(new String(new byte[]{refByte}));                    
+                }
 
                 for ( int i = 0; i < n; i++ ) {
                     if ( i != 0 ) x.append(",");
-                    x.append(vc.getAlternateAllele(i).toString());
+                    x.append(vc.getAlternateAllele(i).getDisplayString());
                 }
                 return x.toString();
             }