diff --git a/scala/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/queue/library/ipf/vcf/VCFExtractSites.scala b/scala/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/queue/library/ipf/vcf/VCFExtractSites.scala
index da69761a9..9fbc1e224 100755
--- a/scala/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/queue/library/ipf/vcf/VCFExtractSites.scala
+++ b/scala/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/queue/library/ipf/vcf/VCFExtractSites.scala
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class VCFExtractSites( vcf: File, output: File) extends InProcessFunction {
         buf.append("\t.")
       }
 
-      buf.append("\t.")
+      buf.append("\tPASS")
 
       if ( keepInfo ) {
         buf.append("\t%s".format(spline(7)))
@@ -71,4 +71,4 @@ class VCFExtractSites( vcf: File, output: File) extends InProcessFunction {
     w.close
   }
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}